When my mom was a kid, my grandma took her to the library every week when she got books for herself, but she never took enough interest in what my mom was reading to notice that she got the same book every week for years and never actually read it. My mom grew up not reading and then read every book I read until I was in second grade, when I started to outpace what she could read while also managing work and family. I’m grateful every day that she instilled a love of reading in me! And now that my parents are empty nesters, I have the joy of picking out books for my mom as she’s finding time to read again. All this to say, your kid’s lucky too!
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When my mom was a kid, my grandma took her to the library every week when she got books for herself, but she never took enough interest in what my mom was reading to notice that she got the same book every week for years and never actually read it. My mom grew up not reading and then read every book I read until I was in second grade, when I started to outpace what she could read while also managing work and family. I’m grateful every day that she instilled a love of reading in me! And now that my parents are empty nesters, I have the joy of picking out books for my mom as she’s finding time to read again. All this to say, your kid’s lucky too!