How to get our kids to read books
Young readers are switching off — it’s time to change the subject
Young readers are switching off — it’s time to change the subject

Fewer young people are reading for pleasure than ever before, with broad economic and social consequences. Can the trend be…

Prizes, publishers and government programmes have joined the battle to reverse the decline in young peoples’ love of reading

Childhood encouragement, libraries and government support can reverse the trend

Parents have long dreaded ‘overindulgence’ — but modern pressures are pushing it to new extremes

Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age restrictions over child safety concerns

They may have good reason, Gen Z are confronting a very different set of economic circumstances to those their parents faced