Are you one of those who read stories to your children before bedtime? This gesture will be something you remember all your life, with pleasure and emotion. Surely it happens to you if they read you as a child. If, on the contrary, you no longer read to your children, you should know that they would love you to do so.. It does not even serve the excuse that they already know how to read them alone.
According to a survey published by the publisher for Scholastic children, 20% of parents stop reading aloud to their children before the age of nine or when the little ones began to read for themselves, but the vast majority of the little ones would like They kept telling stories.
Specifically, almost 90% of children between the ages of six and eight love or like to be read by their parents (or read to them). The study revealed that 83% of children enjoyed being read aloud and 68% said it was a very special time with their parents.
In adolescence, when we imagine them throwing the book at our head if we approach them with the intention of reading them, they continue to remember these past moments together and almost 80% of young people point out that they liked or would have liked to be read.
These are the reasons most contributed by children to explain that taste for parental reading:
- It is (was) a special time that I spend (spend) with my mother or father.
- It is (was) fun.
- It is (was) relaxing that they read to me (read) before going to sleep.
- I like (liked) to hear the different voices of the characters.
- I like (liked) to listen to books that could have been difficult for me alone.
- I like (liked) to talk about the book with the person who reads me (read).
- I like (liked) not to have to read for myself.
Be that as it may, and even with some more "mischievous" reason, no doubt the moment of shared reading is seen as something very positive by children And so it should be for us too. In case we lacked reasons, even pediatricians recommend that parents read to children every day.
Because despite the known benefits of reading, according to other studies, only 13% of parents read stories to their children before bedtime. Lack of time, fatigue or the fact that children already read alone are some of the reasons. And although these reasons also affect us at home and not every day we can read to the girls, we do try to make it happen several times a week.
The bedtime stories stimulate the brain (especially the part responsible for the functions of speech, writing, mathematics and logic), imagination and knowledge. They create images that associate with words, expand their vocabulary and relax.
Interfamily relations are strengthened and children, although they do not know how to put these names, they are clear and it is what matters most to them: little ones love to have their parents read them stories before bed and, those who no longer have it, miss it. Do we dare to retake the stories at night?
