Amen, sister! I’m a former teacher too, and these were all lessons I learned as a mother to my three now-grown kids. When it came to books, one thing that kept me in line—kept me from pushing too hard, exerting my own opinion etc, which I could certainly do in other areas of life, ahem—was that I loved books dearly myself, and I knew better than to do anything that would undermine my kids loving them too. One of my favorite parts of motherhood was serving as a sort of research librarian for my kids—and I still do it! But you’re right, you can’t get too vested in it. What they love has to be a choice that’s up to them.
Amen, sister! I’m a former teacher too, and these were all lessons I learned as a mother to my three now-grown kids. When it came to books, one thing that kept me in line—kept me from pushing too hard, exerting my own opinion etc, which I could certainly do in other areas of life, ahem—was that I loved books dearly myself, and I knew better than to do anything that would undermine my kids loving them too. One of my favorite parts of motherhood was serving as a sort of research librarian for my kids—and I still do it! But you’re right, you can’t get too vested in it. What they love has to be a choice that’s up to them.
Little fur family - this was a hand me down and my daughter is now 6 and the song at the end is our bedtime song. Every night, without fail.