Often when we complain about a child's behavior, we forget that children imitate the behavior and habits of their parents. What worries parents the most lately is the fact that their children are reading fewer books. Has a parent ever asked himself or herself how many times his or her child has seen himself or herself read a book, because our children copy what they see.

We all need to make time to spend as much time with our children as possible. And one way to spend time together can be to read together.

Of course, preschool children can't read, and parents should take the time to read books to their children and interpret what they read. Regularly listening to interesting stories from mom or dad, children will later show interest in books themselves.

And together with older children - schoolchildren, parents can choose a certain time and read a book together, each in his or her favorite genre.

And what to read to children, how to organize reading?

• For children, you can read poems, stories, fairy tales, and anything else you think will interest your little one.
• To pique your child's interest, go to the library or bookstore together and pick up a book that he or she chooses.
• Don't be afraid to buy him "big" books, someday he will surely read them.
• Read books that tell how this or that natural phenomenon, animals, space came about.
• If your child asks a lot of questions and is curious, buy him colorful encyclopedias.
• Before you start reading, make yourself and your child comfortable.
• Be careful not to frighten your child when reading the speech of animals or negative characters in fairy tales. It is not necessary, for example, to read the wolf's words in a frightening voice. This may scare the child.
• Also avoid giving him examples, don't tell him that if he doesn't do this and that, he will be punished, etc. This will create fears in him.
• Treat children like adults when you read books. They actually understand everything perfectly, they know that good necessarily triumphs over evil.
• As you read, you can ask your child questions about how they imagine the story will continue.
• After you finish, discuss the actions of the characters together, it will help the child learn from someone else's example, to understand what you can and cannot do.

In this technology-saturated age, let us teach our children to love books from an early age and make books their closest and most faithful friend.