Kids Hungry for More Bedtime Stories
April 13, 2010 by Karlynn Johnston
Filed under Featured, Super Informed
This is an incredibly interesting article and one that surprised me. In the era of video games, tv and handheld entertainment everywhere you look, more than half of children polled preferred the time their parents spent reading with them.
“The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children’s lives,” said child psychologist Richard Woolfson, who led the study commissioned by Disney/Pixar World of Cars.
Storytelling ranked higher than television or video games among pastimes for kids, and 82 percent said reading a story with their parents helped them sleep better, according the survey of 500 children aged 3-8 in Britain.
It’s a good reminder that even with the busy lives we lead, making time to read daily with our children is so important.
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