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Discouraging Children Of Reading Neil Gaiman
In my opinion about Neil Gaiman article, I see that he was very realistic about the importance of reading especially for children in those days where the world fill with the internet and the distractions of the world, so it’s significant to encourage children to read books instead of frustrating them of reading when they chose a book (Gaiman, 2013). I agree with him there are a lot of parent prevent their children from reading a book, just if they think that isn’t for their age. That remembered me when I was in primary school, when the librarian prevented me saying:" this book isn’t for your age", so she make me sad. I see this example very close to Neil concept’s about discouraging children of reading when he said "Do not discourage children

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