The Daily Dad

How to Get Them to Read (Or Do Anything)

Dec 3, 2019

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The podcast discusses the importance of setting a good example for children, specifically regarding reading. It emphasizes the need for parents to actively engage with books themselves and talk about them with their children. This principle can be applied to other aspects of life as well.

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Leading by example is the most effective way to encourage children to read.

Our actions hold more weight than our words in influencing our children's habits and values.

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Lead by Example: Show Them the Way

To encourage our kids to read, we often resort to creating rules and incentives. However, the simplest and most effective way to instill a love for reading in them is by leading by example. How often do our children see us with a book in our hands? Do we read regularly to them? By demonstrating a genuine passion for reading and making books a central part of our household, we can inspire our kids to follow suit. This principle applies not only to reading but also to other aspects of life, such as being healthy, kind, or hardworking.

Setting a Good Example for Children

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We want our kids to read. We want them to read instead of watching so much TV or playing with the iPad. So we make up rules or create incentives to motivate them to pick up a book (I’ll give you a dollar for every book you finish this year).

What we don’t do enough is actually the easiest and clearest form of teaching: We don’t provide a good example.

How often do your kids catch you reading? How often do they see you with a book in your hands? You want them to read, but do you read regularly to them? You tell them books are important, that books are fun, but where is the evidence?

If you want your kids to read more, show them what a reader looks like. Talk to them about books. Make books a central part of your house...and your lives. Think about those curse words they know. You’ve actually been trying to get them not to use them...but where did your kids pick them up? By watching you.

And what’s true for books is true for just about anything—being healthy, being kind, being a hard worker

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