Getting into Reading

While writing on Quora yesterday, one of the members happened to ask me an interesting question:

 Do you think that children reading entertainment books are a waste of time and they should read serious educational books instead?

 After thinking about this for a little while, here was my response:

"Hi!
Thanks for asking me this question - I just realized how my parents creatively got me into reading.
As a kid, I remember reading comics like Tinker and Chacha Chaudhary.
Later, my parents also got me storybooks like Panchatantra and Aesop fables.
I think they wanted me to first engage myself in reading (via comic books) and get habituated to it. Once I was used to reading, I automatically happened to read the educational (Panchatantra and Aesop fables) as well without them instructing.
I think their strategy worked for me. :P
Thanks!
Utkarsha
Share Everyday Things"

What do you think? :)



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