Does the love for books and reading come from nature or nurture?
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Does the love for books and reading come from nature or nurture?
A WORRIED STUDENT 
Both. When I was young, my mom would often take my brother and I to the local library and spend tones of time there. From there, the love of reading just grew. Although I have been slacking in my reading lately 😅
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Same! We used to max out the allowance and carry heavy bags of books home.
Hmm so are there parents who try to encourage their kids to read but are not met with much luck?
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I’m sure parents can encourage but I think it also depends in whether the parents themselves are readers. Like when they see that oh yeah they do it too, we should join in as well.
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Hmm so its more about creating a reading environment?
Do you think it has anything to do with genes?
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I think it’s a 50-50 chance here. When you create an environment that fosters such activities, it does give a boost to keep doing it. As for genes, maybe, it probably helps if you are naturally inclined towards an activity
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Hmm yes I agree, I wonder if some people are born with an.inherent dislike to reading, that would be sad!
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That really would be, considering reading is awesome!
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Uh huh!
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I think nurture plays a large role, but that being said I think in my case it was more nature. My parents never read or really encouraged it when I was young. (They would make fun of me for being a book worm) although it never stopped me from discovering the joys of reading on my own. I’ve since discovered a lot of family I never met have been writers and big into books as well. It must be in my genes.
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Hmm your story is interesting as it suggests genes play a role. Of course the thing is we can’t be exactly sure and I somehow think scientists don’t have time to research reading genes for us!
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I grew up to be an avid reader, and my mum encouraged both me and my sister to read as much as we wanted to. But my little sister isn’t a reader at all, she just doesn’t like to read. I think its a nature thing, some people just don’t enjoy reading.
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