Colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we dont want them to do keeping them away from danger both real and virtual could no doubt this is a feature perhaps a bug of our helicopter in engaged but i think this attitude often fails to provide a sense of independence and kids not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish and selfless we know this is an important life skill for them the Current Situation is untenable like kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that suffers the most part according to recent analysis of the american study the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 since 2004. So if theres a way to reverse this trend i think it will have to start with their children and i can think of no one who can hel
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
Her recent book how to raise our leader. She coauthored her colleague. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we dont want them to do, keeping them away from dangerous both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature, about our helicopter age but this attitude often fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk 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 in his office, we know its an important life skill for them, i think the Current Situation is untenable, they have trouble with the kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that has suffered the most according to a recent analysis of the american timing study, share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 2004. So if theres a way to reverse this trend from i think i will have to st
And virtual. No doubt this is a feature perhaps in our helicopter in age but i think this attitude often fails to promote a sense of independence and kids. They entertain themselves without a device in hand so for reasons both selfish and selfless we know this was an important life skill for them. Our kids have trouble reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that has suffered the most i its fallen by 30 since 2004. If there is a way to reverse the trend, i think it will have to start with our children and i can think of no one who can help us better than pamela the Childrens Book editor at the New York Times is also the author of the book review podcast. She talks about the research and book for a little bit and she and i are going to have a conversation and then we will open up to conversations from the audience with that i will turn over to pamela. Im telling it for a reason. First of all this is something that happened my last time i came down for the National Book festival we