New research reveals that one in ten parents of primary school children never reads to them, and that as school life begins, parents drop the reading habit, with only a third of parents continuing to read every day. Dads do particularly badly. For those parents who do read, the average time spent on it is 10-15 minutes compared to one hour and 29 minutes of a child’s average day spent watching TV. So why don’t parents read to their children and what can be done to encourage them?
Jenni is joined by the writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen and Stephanie Calman, author of "Confessions of a Bad Mother" to discuss the issue. |
