Getting boys reading

[UnquietDad]

This sounds like a good scheme, although phrases spring to mind about horses, water and drinking.

I used to love reading. It never even entered my head that anyone might think it was a poncy, poofy, girly, fairy, gay thing to do. Why do boys today think that it is?

I used to read, among others, the Willard Price "Adventure" stories, The Three Investigators, Anthony Buckeridge's "Jennings" series, Richmal Crompton's "William" books, all the "Doctor Who" novelisations by Terrance Dicks and others, Ivan Southall's "kid disaster movie" novels, Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Garner, and some series about scouts called Nobby and Snowy whose name I've totally forgotten. I think they all stand up well today.

I was being flippant in my earlier post. DS is 6 and loves reading - although as I mentioned it is mainly football annuals and programmes over and over again. He also enjoys his school reading books. And DH and I take turns to read to him at bedtime - currently DH is reading Charlotte's Web and I am reading Captain Underpants. Should we be encouraging DS to read more independently? The other Saturday morning whilst DH and I lay in bed he took himself into DD's bedroom and read the Princess and the Pea through.