How Does Reading Affect a Child's Development?
Does reading affect a child's development? Absolutely. The more educated and experienced in life, the better decisions you make. When you can read and write effectively, you gain more experiences with words, stories, colors, text, images. They learn how they all fit into this world we live in.
It gives you more references to draw on, helping the child make better decisions throughout life.
Leaving a child to their own devices leaves them uneducated, sporting a lower IQ, and less chance of a more stable and consistently lower stressed life.
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