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Read between the lines : Closing the book is closing the doors on quality of life

It seems so much time , money and effort is spent on teaching our children to read . Community programs have even been developed expressing the importance of parents reading to their kids . However children learn by example and when parents are not reading themselves or parents are not reinforcing the idea by buying their kids books instead of video games , then a child never learns to develop a love for

reading or an understanding of why it is so important . Reading is an intellectual stimulus and without its inclusion society struggles in social , political , and medical ways . It is for these reasons that the focus needs to be placed on more than just the physical act of reading but on the why it is important and the development of a love for the process

Reading is critical to social development and its success as a solitary act is , in a way dependent on its incorporation into a social atmosphere . Finding kinship in shared book experiences connects people and helps them work and play together in a more productive fashion Reading helps social development by giving examples or guidelines for situational behaviors . According to a survey by the National Endowment for the Arts , people who read for pleasure are many times more likely than those who don 't to visit museums and attend musical performances almost three times as likely to perform...