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While it is very easy to see and acknowledge the influence that parents have on children’s development of early literacy skills during the preschool years, this influence is not as apparent during the school-age years. It would, in fact, be easy to release responsibility for reading to the schools. Yet, even though schools play a crucial role, this does not mean that parents have no role or even a minor role to play. For many of the same reasons that parental input is so valuable during the early years, it continues to be so during the school years. Parents are important to children both as role models and as supporters of their efforts. There is increasing evidence, too, that parental attitudes and beliefs about literacy—and reading in particular—affect children’s attitudes about reading throughout the school years. Moreover, parents who stress the entertainment value of reading, rather than its value as a survival skill, seem to instill a more positive attitude about reading in their children. Viewers' Guides:
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