Do your tween/teen DCs still read books?

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10yr old DC here who still loves books. Currently got about 4 on the go, and took a couple away with him last week on holiday.

Will this last?!

14yo ds reads less often than he used to during term time (not daily any more) but still very keen. Holidays will get through loads of books (took 3 on a 3 day camping trip recently and finished them the day before coming home!). Has a Kindle but actually prefers real books.

Two DDs, nearly 13 and 11.

Both read loads. DD2 especially... her class teacher is constantly on the look out for extra books for her. DD1 reads more slowly.

DD is 13. She used to read but sadly not anymore. It's all about the phone and communicating with her friends.
DS is 11 and reads intermittently.

No - pains me to say it as I've always worked in the book industry and have 2 x literature degrees. They were always read to, loved reading, etc, now they but would never choose to. Maybe it's an act of rebellion .

DTs are 13, they read under duress. They still have to read on a school night for a bit of downtime which they do but only if the book is of interest to them.

13 year old DD is a total book worm. 🐛

Used to read lots when younger but sadly the pull to screens tends to win now

13 year old here loves reading, and so do most of her friends. They swap books etc. The school put a big emphasis on reading and sometimes she takes a break during term time but comes back to it and reads more in the holidays

No both teens don't read barely ever.
Eldest has read some Colleen Hoover but probably averages 4 books a year I'd say?
Sad times however I know that my own reading has dropped as well.

My dd is 13 and reads all the time. She's read three books this school holiday. I also have a ds 16 who never reads. Well he doesn't read fiction but he occasionally reads books on subjects he's interested in like history or nature. Anecdotally I find girls generally seem to read more in their teens than boys do....but of course there will be plenty who buck this trend.

Still reading intermittently as teens. Stephen King/horror, drug cartels, biographies and other true life and factual books seem to appeal now.
I don't care as reading any decent book will have value.

It died down for a while as other things bacame for interesting, but by 16 they were back to reading again.

Mine moved on the web serials, so reads on his phone.

lots
mainly because school mandates a book per fortnight in english.
plus of course the literature they go through in lessons.

@bluecomputerscreen school mandates a book per fortnight? That's really impressive. Is this a private school? And what year are they in?

DD18 gets through tons and her bookshelf is heaving! She's studying HARD for A Levels but will still read for an hour at bedtime over going on a screen.
DD15 prefers screens but generally has a small box set of books for birthday and Christmas and gets through just those over the year.

state school in forrin.
measure came in a couple of years ago as a 'no screen' policy.

dc are 14, 16,17

I feel that there will be a real gap between the kids who've read books and those who haven't in the near future.
Many can't write a decent email let alone put a presentation together or anything else that involves some literacy skills, or even creativity skills.
Whether this is is just a transitional disadvantage whilst ai develops or will have a further impact, remains to be seen.

Less so than they did but they read about half an hour every night. When they were that age could be hours. Secondary school is exhausting I think.

Mine do! 14yo had 6 books on her birthday list, last month, 5 now read & in mine & her brother trp. 12yo has about 10 on his (so far, birthday is just less than a month away). They're both frequent school library users too, 1-2 books a week. Dc3(11) is less keen but of my 5 dc she's the only one who isn't in to books but she enjoys magazines & recipe books so I encourage that.

14 and 15 and the older one was always a total book worm until about 13 - he does read sometimes but not fiction, only autobiographies or fact books. Younger one has never been a massive reader despite encouragement!!

Older than yours by some way but son will read only things like sports biographies, though occasionally a novel but prefers non fiction. My DD has to read loads for her schoolwork so mostly things related too that (history/politics/some art/psychology books). She doesn't really have time or headspace to read for pleasure, though she read Little Women recently (she's trying to work her way through the classics).