Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/15/05 9:32 PM, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> typed: > Funny, we followed exactly the same strategy with our children as what > Daniel describes. Always reading to them at night, even when they were > infants. I remember once I had my then 1-year old son with me on a visit > to Denmark and had forgotten to bring baby books. It didn't matter--I > just read him the just-published memoirs of a former Danish prime > minister. This went on until well after he could read by himself. > > Now they are 16 and 11, and both read A LOT. Especially my 11-year old > daughter is always ready to go and raid the local Waterstone's. > > I may have made some mistakes in parenting, I am sure I have, but this > is one thing I have done right. > > Nathan > > Daniel Ridings wrote: My dad read us a dozen Oz books during desert for dinner. They are as good or better than the first one. With Ozma, the Wogglebug, Tic Tock, Rinkitink and a cast of thousands. They sell at Powells rare book store now for between 1 and 5 hundred bucks. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/