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Kids Want Their Parents to Read Bedtime Stories to Them

What do kids love most? A study reveals that kids want their parents to read to them.
Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mom’s storytelling to Dad’s, researchers said on Friday.

They conducted a study that showed younger children aged three to four were most hungry for more stories, with more than three-quarters saying they wished their parents read to them more often.More than half of all children aged three to eight said story time was their favourite pastime with their parents.”The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children’s lives,” said child psychologist Richard Woolfson, who led the study commissioned by Disney/Pixar World of Cars.

When Mom and Dad are not at hand, celebrities will do: over 30 per cent of children said they would like to hear a bedtime story from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, with teen idols Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson trailing close behind.
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