While a lot of people read books on tablets and e-readers these days, when it comes to reading to your children, moms and dads should really think twice before taking out their devices.
A new study suggests that when it comes to reading to your children, nothing beats a printed book, and it will result in not only better bonding with your kids, but will get your children asking more questions, and more.
Researchers from the University of Michigan watched 37 sets of parents and their toddlers as they read shorts stories from “Little Critter” in a variety of formats, including print, basic electronic form and interactive form. What they found was that when reading the book in print form there was way more interactions between parent and child, with them talking about the book and what they were seeing on the page. They were also able to read more of the story in the allotted five minute time period than with other book forms. When it came to the electronic forms, most of the interactions between parent and child had to do with swiping to the next page or pushing buttons.
“The print book is a really beautiful object in that each parent and child interacts differently over a print book,” lead researcher Dr. Tiffany Munzer tells ABC News. “The print book is really the gold standard in eliciting positive interactions between parents and their children.”
Source:ABC News