Encouraging Family Reading Time

The best form of relaxation of the mind can be done anywhere, through reading. Reading relaxes and nourishes the mind, giving it rich fodder to chew, as long as one goes into deep philosophy, history, or biographies of great people, and not the Twitter fights.

Practice reading daily, even ...

• Create an outline of the text from memory
• Discuss the material with a friend or classmate.
• Write down everything you remember from the reading in 5 minutes.
• Identify the important concepts from the reading and provide examples and non-examples of each concept.

A childhood privilege was spending regular time with parents and access to meaningful interactions with other family members, especially grandparents.

Close grandparent-child relationships have significant mental health benefits for both children and grandparents.