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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Gen X. My parent and grand parents didn’t do shit. It’s not generational. They weren’t bad , just not great. That’s pretty universal.

They didn’t read to me, and I’m an avid reader.

I read to my kids, but they all lost interest in it pretty quickly. Only one of them does it as an adult.

It’s all situational my dude.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Same experience here as a GenXer - I don't recall my parents ever reading to me - they might have when I was really young, but they were also raising my brothers (6 and 7 years older than me), so I doubt they had much time.

I was the avid reader in the family. When I got married, I stopped reading as much, but I still do some reading when I find a book that interests me. I have three or four sitting on my desk at the moment that I haven't started.