Kids Reading Too Much? Blame the E-Reader

Next time you fret about the amount of time you, your friends or your offspring are spending with their e-readers, take heart. You are part of a growing trend: reading.

Last November Kristina Chew wrote a Care2 Causes post that posed a question on a lot of parents’ minds: In the choice between an e-book or a paper book, which is best for kids? She weighed both sides and handed it to readers to come to their own conclusions.

Then in February Julie Rodriguez reported on an online survey that looked at reading habits of teens and children that had some surprising results:

[W]hile children 12 and under consider e-books “fun” and “cool,” teenagers 13-17 are the least likely out of any age group to read e-books. That’s right: both 5-year-olds and 40-year-olds are more likely to read an e-book than your tech-savvy, constantly-texting 16-year-old is.



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