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Interesting Bedtime Family Reading Findings


November 16th, 2007
Katie B.

Recently, the KN Karen Neuburger lifestyle brand worked together with Kelton Research to conduct a national family reading survey, with the hope to bring more attention to the need for children’s literacy development in the U.S. Their findings were this - fewer families are making time to read together at bedtime.

The poll uncovered some startling results:

- Nearly half (46 percent) of parents believe this treasured family tradition is fading and admit to reading to their children less often than their own parents read to them when they were young

- More than two in five parents (42 percent) are more likely to watch television than read to their children before they put them to sleep