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[Niamh.]

I don't think they read to me at all. I have no memory of that anyway

[AnnieK]

I have no memory of them reading to us. My mum was a big reader herself and she encouraged us to read on our own from an early age and she did the same with my son (although I do remember her reading to him when he was little - but she was a much softer grandma than she was a mum lol). She did instill a love of reading in us though and in my son, who still loves to read now (although only when I prise his phone out of his hand)

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't think they read to me at all. I have no memory of that anyway

…yeah I don’t recall that either, I think that owning a book/buying one to read to your children was probably quite a more ‘wealthy’ specific thing than for the average working family…and I don’t imagine there were sources of free books back in the day…we did have books, which we read ourselves and which were given as birthday/Christmas gifts…but they weren’t really read to us so much as we read ourselves because that was our own story world so I think that’s how we preferred it…

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I have no memory of them reading to us. My mum was a big reader herself and she encouraged us to read on our own from an early age and she did the same with my son (although I do remember her reading to him when he was little - but she was a much softer grandma than she was a mum lol). She did instill a love of reading in us though and in my son, who still loves to read now (although only when I prise his phone out of his hand)

…when they were at school, I always loved to read the books/stories that they were studying just so that we could talk about our takes on different aspects etc…I didn’t read them to them, though..we read independently but would share thoughts…

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…yeah I don’t recall that either, I think that owning a book/buying one to read to your children was probably quite a more ‘wealthy’ specific thing than for the average working family…and I don’t imagine there were sources of free books back in the day…we did have books, which we read ourselves and which were given as birthday/Christmas gifts…but they weren’t really read to us so much as we read ourselves because that was our own story world so I think that’s how we preferred it…

We always got a book for Christmas. My mum always wrote a message inside the cover too saying when "Merry Christmas 1981, love Mum & Dad" or something like that so we knew when they were bought

[Niamh.]

The Gruffalo was a favourite of my kids though that I used to read to them

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

We always got a book for Christmas. My mum always wrote a message inside the cover too saying when "Merry Christmas 1981, love Mum & Dad" or something like that so we knew when they were bought

…yeah same, that one of my parents always wrote a personal note inside with the year given …I think those personal nostalgic attachments also contribute so much to why paper copy books still feel so special and exciting to own……