Susan Wise Bauer
@sjwbauer.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, mother/daughter/sister/wife, person.
"Don’t make young people feel bad about their reading skills. Don’t sulk if they dislike your favourites. Never make reading feel like a test. Discuss a book with a child who is willing, but remember there are no wrong answers: everyone is entitled to their own response."
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Don’t make young people feel bad about their reading skills. Don’t sulk if they dislike your favourites. Never make reading feel like a test. Discuss a book with a child who is willing, but remember there are no wrong answers: everyone is entitled to their own response."
"Let them read about what interests them. The important thing is to engender a love of story and/or curiosity about information. The rest will follow.
"Books can be rewards but never punishments. Don’t confiscate technology to make a child read. Don’t insist they finish a book they don’t like...
"Books can be rewards but never punishments. Don’t confiscate technology to make a child read. Don’t insist they finish a book they don’t like...
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Let them read about what interests them. The important thing is to engender a love of story and/or curiosity about information. The rest will follow.
"Books can be rewards but never punishments. Don’t confiscate technology to make a child read. Don’t insist they finish a book they don’t like...
"Books can be rewards but never punishments. Don’t confiscate technology to make a child read. Don’t insist they finish a book they don’t like...
Yeah, I don't disagree but I can't in good conscience vote for Jones now. Sometimes, yes, there's no good option.
October 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yeah, I don't disagree but I can't in good conscience vote for Jones now. Sometimes, yes, there's no good option.