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Get Dads Reading Campaign launches as new research finds just 1 in 10 dads is the 'main reader' to his children. Your reaction and thoughts?

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MylinhMumsnet · 27/02/2013 10:16

Hello

Some of you may have spotted this news story on Friday, which announced a new Booktrust campaign to get more dads reading to their children. The Booktrust charity published a survey and found that only one in ten dads said they were their child's main reader; and that 43% of mums read to their child every day, compared with 26% of dads.

What are your family's after-school/bedtime reading patterns? Who is the main reader in your family, or do you share? And lastly what are your thoughts on the Booktrust campaign - MN mums and dads (

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cleanandclothed · 27/02/2013 10:28

Sorry. Rant over. I take the children to the library every week on my day off. I choose some books, DS chooses some. We read at least one story each to DS each night, and more during the day when we are at home. New dc is 7 months and is just starting to look at books rather than eat them.

Animation · 27/02/2013 10:27

Feels very patronising to dads. Hmm

My kids have a dad who's great at bedtime reading. Is this a valid survey - how large is it?

DreamsTurnToGoldDust · 27/02/2013 10:25

My father read to me every single night, my dh reads to DS every single night, bath and a story (or 6) is their special time together each evening.

cleanandclothed · 27/02/2013 10:24

I think 'main reader' is a bit silly and a way to get a statistic for a headline so that it sounds worse than it is. I don't know who the 'main reader' is in our house. As long as children are read to each day, and over the course of a week both parents read to the child, and the child sees both parents reading for pleasure, that is fine. A much more useful number would be 'children who are read to less than (say) 3 times a week.

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