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15 sats \ 3 replies \ @oliverweiss 28 Jan \ on: Today I've realized something about 📚 : BooksAndArticles
There was a study saying that reading books to children has no impact in their future life but the simple fact that children grew up in a place with (many) books did in a positive way; children with access to bookshelves eventually became more successful in their life. Children usually find a way to read books, if they have any around. I will try to find the study.
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15 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 28 Jan
I can imagine that it's not only the acces to books, but also the behaviour and habits of the parents that the child grows up with; If the child is used to seeing it's parents read, it'll try to imitate them (as with many other things) and naturally create a habit of reading books, instead of scrolling on insta.
At least that's what I'd assume would happen, seems rational to me, though.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @343pg 28 Jan
Yes this is exactly it. In a similar vein, it’s been shown that as a parent, taking your kids to museums makes much less impact on them than simply being the type of person who goes to museums.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 28 Jan freebie
Yeah, it's the difference between forcefully trying to shove a habit down their throat vs building a habit together over years by leading as an example, and boii am I counting myself towards the latter.
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