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RAR #189: What if my kids always pick screens over books? 

Read-Aloud Revival ®

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Watermelon or Ice Cream?

Doctor daniel willingham has done research on raising kids who turn out to be readers. He said that it takes a lot of will power for our kids to choose reading over screens. So in our house, we definitely have times where watermelon is the only option. We also do this in our house during the middle of the day for a quiet reading hour. It's like a little break from everybody, from each other, but there's no other options. For example, lights out at eight o'clock, but if you're reading, you can stay up till eight 30. I'm not telling you how much time to do whenever,. but you could say, from two to four

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