What age did your children stop actively asking for a bedtime story?

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Pascha · 01/04/2023 13:12

Or if they still enjoy it, how old are they currently?

My 12yo ds still asks for it before settling himself down at night. Not every night but we always have a good adventure book on the go. We pick books he would never choose for himself and he obviously still gets a lot out of it and so do I but I'm aware he's probably in a minority by now.

I'll be a bit sad when it does end.

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Pascha · 01/04/2023 14:24

I didn't think it would survive transition to secondary school tbh. But theres something about him being able to switch off from obnoxious preteen bravado last thing at night when it's just us and he completely is the one pushing for it. I think it resets his mind before sleep.

Ds2 is 10 and he likes a story too but he definitely is happier to read to himself.

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justanotherdaduser · 01/04/2023 14:15

You are lucky!

DD stopped asking by the time she was in year 2 (so about 7 or so) and we missed it very much initially, especially the discusssions about those books at various random times throughout the day.

Later on we read together some more difficult books she wouldn't have normally picked up on her own, but it wasn't the same and not regular.

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