If you read to your kids, you're disadvantaging others

[philkirkham]

Seems most of you read the title and not the article itself

[Nlambert]

Originally Posted by residinghere2007

I do feel being a good parent and reading to children gives them an advantage over children not born into loving/caring families.

However we shouldn't do anything about it other than encourage more parents to be loving/caring parents and to read to their children.

Bingo. How about instead of trying to dumb everyone down, we as adults try to improve the lives of our children by actually being the parents we have the responsibility to be? It's a lot of work and the biggest responsibility in our lives. Those who aren't willing to bear that responsibility to ensure the success of our future generations shouldn't be allowed to pro-create.

[tamajane]

Originally Posted by philkirkham

and notice it was a quip - he was not making a serious suggestion.
It's what philosophy professors do to amuse themselves when not wondering if trees falling in forests make noises if no-one is around to hear them

The whole point of the article is to make people aware of this - inequity. That is how you get into peoples' heads and there are attempts to soften it by the writer and this "philosopher" but we all know what it is attempting to do. People, by all means read to your kids, give them love and attention but JUST remember there are poor children getting none of this and your privileged children better know this and be willing to give something up and feel guilt for their privilege of having heard the Three Bears.

[Ferd]

Good that means my kids have an advantage. every edge helps.