“Stop reading and get ready for school!”

Weekday mornings can be fraught in my house, with two grouchy non-morning-person children getting ready for school and their, ahem, like-minded parents (genetics!) getting ready for work. When my oldest was an infant, I was worried he wouldn’t like to read. Now he’s nine, and in addition to being a very active kid, he’s also a reader. #ProudMama

But lately I’ve heard myself saying the most horrible thing:

“Stop reading and get ready for school!”

I mean. Is there anything worse to say to a child who’s a reader, and one for whom I wouldn’t want school to seem like a punishment?

We’ve been listening to audiobooks in the car on the ride to school (most recently Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson), which somewhat makes up for being wrenched from home. It has become a bit of a pickle — but (as I have to remind myself nearly every morning as we’re stressfully racing out the door) ultimately not a bad problem to have. #ReadingMama See also the Horn Book classic: “Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader.”

from The Horn Book http://bit.ly/2GULHrZ