o think if a 10 year old read 10 books at the weekend he / she has no life?

[Dorange]

And if the parent say that the child has time to do other interesting things as well as reading those 10 books on the weekend, it is a lie? And also that the whole library has been read it is probably a lie?? Unless the child is called Matilda, but I don't believe that even Matilda could read 10 books in 2 days.

My ds is a book worm, he could read 10 short books easily. But really does it matter?

YABU, I'm with cory. Lovely description.

But, I do remember when I was 10 I didn't half skim books. I didn't particularly mean to, but they were exciting and it didn't exactly matter. Somewhere along the way as an adult I got out of that habit because you get used to being taught to read slowly and take it all in. So it might be that the ten year old is skimming the boring bits.

(I find this thread sad, btw, if you can't have 'no life' and do whatever you fancy at 10, when can you?!)

BrianButterfield, are you me? I actually had to check I hadn't written your post! Spooky.

YABU. DD has read 100 pages of her book today alone.

She has also been to school, been to the park and is currently playing catch in the garden with a friend. Does that count as no life?

At the weekend she'll happily read a couple in a day on top of ballet, swimming, birthday parties, walks, trips to park, having friends round, Brownies etc. etc.

You didn't say it was a "bad thing" but to say a ten year old has no life for being a good reader is hardly a compliment.

As a child I lived to read so much so that one afternoon aged I sneaked back in when dm had thrown me out to get some fresh air to read on my bed instead. I stayed there all day until I was disturbed by a policeman called by dm as I had gone missing. I hadn't heard them shout me, I hadn't noticed the neighbours scouring the village I was so immersed in reading.I went to the library 4 or 5 times a week so took out up to 30 books a week. I'd have often read 10 books in a weekend even as a teen with a social live I'd read 4 or 5 a week.

As a child I would have done that happily and still gone out and climbed trees, played cops and robbers and ridden my bike.

Myds1 is the same

Not sure what the ops deal is

I can't remember what I was doing at 10, so this add for me being clueless about how much can a 10 year old read.

YABU

I read loads at that age and had a life

Not sure why it matters a) enough for someone to mention it to you about their DC and b) why it has annoyed you to the point to starting a thread

I read the whole of the children's library in that I read every book there that was of any interest to me. So if someone has said that, that is maybe what they mean. Why does this bother you?

Oh God I was just like this. My record was eight although I suspect I skimmed all the dull descriptive bits

I did have friends too, and did a lot of music and running around outside.

Even if you could read a book an hour as some posters are suggesting, that's still ten hours of solid reading, which means once you take away their sleeping and mealtimes, getting bathed, and all the other things, they really can't have done much else that weekend.

Anyone else seeing unique's list as a lovely book identification challenge and mentally checking off the titles?

I hoped you would!

I got to the bottom of my nastiness.
it's called fear or/and jealousy

I read a lot, I have 3 books on the go plus all the internet stuff that I read (not FB nor MN) but proper articles.
I'm faster when reading my own language but I read English fast too.

However dh and his family don't read. In fact dh is dyslexic.

My daughter js just beginning to feel more confident in reading now and she is already 6.
She doesn't normally pick a book and read it herself but she would rather people read to her. She loves going to the library and getting books, but deep inside I'm scared she won't be a person who reads.....
SENCO at school gave her extra support but has no more concerns.

There
Found what's my problem.

go on, please do! Northey - please tell me how many you know

I tune out when people start boring me about how wonderful/awful their kids are.

The only person remotely interested in their kids are their parents.

YY to everyone who lives to read!
I do other stuff too including half marathons but there is nothing like a book.

I would be sad if DD never felt that library feeling!

YY to everyone who lives to read!
I do other stuff too including half marathons but there is nothing like a book.

I would be sad if DD never felt that library feeling!

10 short little books would be a doddle.

I wouldn't want my own DD, now 11y, to spend all weekend reading though, no. Just like I don't want her spending all day in front of a computer, playing a games console, watching TV, sat in her room alone, etc. I just don't think spending lengthy periods of time - and 10 proper chapter books is a lot of time if read properly and not just skimmed - inside, isolated and not communicating, regardless of what she is doing.

I want her active and, if nice, outside some of the time.
I want her being sociable with the family and/or friends, and I want her having a balance of activities.

If it was a horrible dull, wet, cold weekend - maybe fine.
If not, they need to be out more and doing stuff, and with other people involved.

Dorange - you may well be right.
It is hard to think of your child maybe having reading problems.

but you know what as well? It doesn't matter. As long as they can do the basics themselves, don't let the lack of reading get in the way of a good story.
You can have CDs, or you read to her - nothing's nicer than a good cuddly reading session. :)
Read to her in your first language, that's great for bilingualism.

And children who are read to or who listen to CDs usually have greater vocabularies and a greater understanding of the language than those who merely read to themselves (t really helps with diction and comprehension too)

YABU to imply that there is something wrong with a ten year old reading lots of books. I think its great.

Could easily be my 10yo or one of her friends, all seemingly normal children.

Sounds like bliss to me! At that age, I would have considered a whole weekend of reading a real treat - and daydream now of having huge stretches of uninterrupted time to read.

I had a huge comfy armchair in my bedroom at that age (old, saggy and donated by a great aunt) and probably had to be prised out of it to eat meals. Don't think I didn't have a life, though.