Cottage Grove, MN
Mar 14, 2008
Cottage Grove / Bedtime tales from afar
“Reading aloud is the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading”
Students read bed time stories to children who phoned in to the Bedtime Story Hot Line telephone service in Cottage Grove, Mn., on Monday, March 10, 2008. via Twincities.com
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It's a sad day when parents can't even take 15 minutes out of their day to read to their child.
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AGREE!!
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Totally agreed!!!!!!!!! How lazy to call for a bedtime story instead of just doing it yourself. I'm shocked to hear that kids don't get read to. As a young single teen mom myself I understand not having time but I read to my child every time she asked me to. She's now 13 & reads a min of 3 books at a time. How anyone could take for granted the 5 to 10 minutes of reading to your kid is beside me.
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I must be in the minority. We have to read at leat 3 books per night to our 2 and 5 year old before they will consider closing their eyes. Shel Silverstein, the Curious George series are their favorites
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Thanks to SWC's Community Youth Council volunteers for continuing to read bedtime stories. When my kids were young, they looked forward to calling in and being read to. Take advantage of it, people! How many times do your kids get a bedtime story read to them by a high-schooler over the phone?
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Rather than take this space to criticize parents, let's give the high school students some credit for a great community service. We always spent time with our kids, but they also loved interaction with others, and if we can share our children in community, the entire village is raising the children. I've read (somewhere, by someone I can't remember who, haha) that's a very good thing for the village.
Doesn't mean parents have to walk or have walked from their responsibilities; it just gives kids even more opportunities to interact with others. |
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I agree with most of the respondents. It's certainly good that the teens are helping with this service but it is a sad indicator of things wrong with our society when parents can't make the time to read to their children. Extremely important bonding takes place when read to; the sound of the parents voice, the warmth and vibration of their body. It all provides comfort and a sense of safety that a child probably does not get from a telephone. Too, we don't need to be conditioning our kids to view phones as some sort of pacifier. The article almost seems like it would be better placed in The Onion.
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