Let’s face it—life is hectic. We try to balance it all—work, household management, running the children to sports practice, dance class, and martial arts classes to help them become “well-rounded.” Throw in the occasional doctor’s appointment, dinnertime, and bath time, and we often feel like something has to give.
A word of advice: Don’t let it be reading.
Those bedtime stories are critical — so critical, in fact, that the American Academy of Pediatricians has been advocating reading to your child beginning at birth since 2014.
Here’s why: