Good afternoon, everyone. We are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you with the conversation with pamela paul of the New York Times book review about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored it with her colleague maria russo. So much about raising children is about what we dont want them to do, keep them dangers both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature and bug of our helicoptering age with this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but are incapable of entertaining themselves without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish, parents need a break, and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, the Current Situation is pretty untenable, our kids have trouble with any unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis th
On behalf of the american in enter enterprise, we will hear about her recent book how to raise a reader. She authored it with her colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we do not want them to do, keeping them away from dangers, real in virtual, no doubt this is a feature, perhaps a bug of her helicopter and age and i think this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence and kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also pretty much incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. So for reasons both selfish, parents need a break and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, i think the Current Situation is pretty untenable. Our kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps activity that has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis of the American Time study, the share of americans to read for p
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Good afternoon, everyone. Sorry we are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you for a talk with pamela paul about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored with her colleague, maria russo. Colleague, maria russo. The Current Situation is untenable our kids have trouble with any kind of a structured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most brick according to a recent analysis the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 percent since 2004. If there is a way to reverse the trend it will have to start with their children and no one who can help us better than to learn how to share the joy they and pamela. She was the Childrens Book editor at the New York Times and has three children herself and also the author of six books and a host of the book review podcast. She and i will have a conversation and we will open to questions from the audience. Tha