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		Natsu 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in Engl... Anything you're forced to do too much you lose all enjoyment of. If you're given at least a bit of agency, it's far more enjoyable. I read because I wanted to all the time, but every reading assignment was a chore.

watwut 16 days ago [–]

It is not just it being homework. It is not like I hated evything in school - I actually discovered quite a few intersting things there.

It is that books everyone here is said that kids dont read anymore or brags they read ... are just not interesting books for a kid.

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