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Boys don't read? That was the first I'd heard of it, and I have a five-year old son. I began to research the subject - and sure enough, I found out he was absolutely right. Once boys hit eight or nine years old, they stop reading.
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Most literacy experts have zeroed in on one culprit: technology. There is too much television, MSN, computers Cheap Madison Bowey Jersey , video games, the Internet, Gameboy, and ipod. These mediums are winning the battle for the hearts, eyes and ears of our boys. The solution is equally clear - boys must be presented with books that strike them as equally meaningful and interesting as those other mediums.
We understand the problem. We have identified the culprit. We have a solution. So why haven't we reversed the trend? To put it bluntly Cheap Valtteri Filppula Jersey , why is reading something girls do?
Before writing my novel, I took a few trips to bookstores to check out the competition. At first, I was greatly encouraged: There was no competition. Virtually every book was for girls. The depth and range of these girl-oriented novels was impressive, and as a father of a 10-year old girl, I was pleased. The few selections geared toward boys were non-fiction sports books - either biographical accounts of athletes or a catalogue of statistics. Small wonder boys don't read - there is nothing for them to read.
A vicious cycle needs to be broken. Boys do not read Cheap Andreas Athanasiou Jersey , so publishers do not publish books for them, and writers write for girls. Boys continue not reading because there is nothing of interest to them, which only encourages publishers and writers to avoid that market.
I want my son to read. I want him to be like my daughter, who will ignore several calls for dinner to finish a chapter, or will secretly turn on her nightlight to finish a book. I have a small cache of classics for him. But after we get through Tom Sawyer Cheap Jonathan Ericsson Jersey , what will he read?
More to the point, will he read at all - or just turn on the computer?
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