The Bedtime story...

I was as CBS said it is a good way for children to bond with parents and also helps with learning how to read. I think that you should make time to do it, even if it means giving up your only free time of the day. It's not like it's a chore anyway, spending time my child seems like something I'd want to do.

That being said I'm only 19 and my view will possibly change when I get a job and am tired all the time. :p
 
I used to get a bed time story every night as did my brothers and sister. Obviously there came a time when it stopped but I think that was when it became difficult for my parents to read to 3(maybe 4) children in a night.

My son will get bed time stories when he is a little older (he gets the occational one now - hes 4 months old)
 
My 4yr old son always has a story, every night without fail. We sit on the sofa, turn the tv off, lower the lights and have a ten minute story.. where his bed is located in his room it would be difficult for him to see the pictures if we sat bedside, so we do it on the sofa. He loves it :)

We quite often lay on the floor and look through the books he brings home from school too, it's a good bonding and relaxing time.
 
I was read bedtime stories until I started reading them myself, it gave me a good understanding and appreciation for literature and a fairly wide vocaba- vocamabul - erm... list of words I can use.

My speaking english is good!!

:p

Seriously though, bedtime stories are an important aspect in ensuring our children can speak and spell english properly, I become increasingly angry when I see English people begin to make mistakes I first noticed from Americans.

"I could care less" being my all time greatest hate :mad:
 
I used to get my mum to read me stories from Victor annuals - great stories and a good way for parents to spend time with their kids.
 
Very important, good for childrens imagination and learning and very important for bonding and connecting with their parents.

I'm telling you from first hand experience, not as a parent but as a child who was read to. :)
 
Apparently I loved them, I can't honestly remember much about them now though. I do think it helped towards my love of reading though, I have a great imagination and love a good story :)

I'd definately say they were a good thing, essential to be honest for bonding and good one on one time for parent and child.
 
cleanbluesky said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6063810.stm

What do we think about bedtime stories?

I used to love them as a child and think they can represent an excellent oportunity to bond between parent and child but I also recognise that parents can be extremely busy and regular stories take time.
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Its on my parenting to do list.

When I have kiddies I will put family life before work life, I think the early years for a child are the most important.

Bed time stories help I think in lots of ways to benefit upbringing of a child, parental bonding, Childs play and their thinking.
 
I will always remember my dad reading me the same book everynight before bed, voices and all.

I can't wait to give my kids the same experiences.
 
I was always read to as a kid. I used to love it. We got through all the Narnia books, the hobbit and loads of other fantasy ones. I bet it helped my imagination and dreams.
 
Anything that gives your kids a headstart is good news as far as I'm concerned. As well as the obvious bonding aspect (which doesn't occur enough nowadays), it can get kids into books which will stand them in good stead for their academic lives. I didn't get read to very often but my cousins did and I remember having my uncle read us a story,once or twice when I stayed over. It was great.
 
Loved them as a kid until my Mother started reading me tales of Greek mythology - all that talk of cyclops and minotaurs gave me nightmares :p

I read bedtime stories to my daughter (almost 5) a couple of times a week but really should do more. My son (3) isn't so keen as he wants to grab the book and look at the pictures himself.
 
My Grandad used to read me loads of different stories, I used to love them. Most of them were about ancient myths and legends.

I had a book that had about 1200 hundred pages in, and probably had at least 50 stories in. That was about 15 or more years ago, and it seems like yesterday!
 
my boys have grown out of it alittle, actually a lot, but the youngest now reads to us from his bed and its great. i do miss not reading to them it was a great time especially in the winter with the wind and rain it seemed to add to the cosiness of it all
 
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