Literacy news
Less than a third of parents read to children daily
5 Oct 2012
Two-thirds of parents and grandparents (67%) believe that modern technology in the home distracts them from storytelling while just under a third (29%) are too tired for tales, another third (29%) get home from work too late and 22% are busy with other activities at home, the poll for Disney found.
Although just 30% of parents read to their children daily, 51% say storytime allows them to spend quality time together and 47% know their children enjoy having books read to them.
The poll of 1,000 parents and grandparents of children under the age of six found mothers are most likely to read to their youngsters (48%), followed by fathers (21%) and grandparents (17%).
It also revealed that 58% of women were read to when they were children compared with 44% of men.
