She's never enjoyed reading since moving on from picture books with funny rhymes and characters. She is very bright and in the top group for English but just will not pick up a book outside of school. She says books are boring. Every now and the she will find something she likes such as factual books or things similar to Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Even then, it's an issue getting her to pick this up. She wont read anything at her reading/age level or that are recommended by her English teacher voluntarily as she says they are boring. I think it's an issue with her attention span!
For the past year before she moved up to secondary, I've been having her come and read to me aloud for 30 minutes an evening before bed - any book of her choice either paperback or on the Kindle. She could even read a magazine or newspaper to me if she wanted. She hates this and causes such a drama every evening about how unfair I am making her do something she hates.
Before this, I tried getting her to read in her room alone before bed but she just wouldn't do it. I'd go in and she'd just be sat there with the book unopened and she'd be day dreaming or playing with a toy.
Even when I have her come and read quietly next to me on the couch while I'm reading, she'll be daydreaming and looking around and I have to harp on every few minutes to read as she's been staring at the same page for ages.
Should I persevere? I want her to be reading every day as literature says it improves outcomes later in life but I know as soon as I stop making her do it, she'll stop anyway.
Thanks for any advice. Feeling guilty as my family are teachers and they're always telling me she needs to be reading every day to do well in secondary and college etc.