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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ella Creamer

Most parents want more time reading to young children, study shows

mother reading to young daughter
Reading out loud and doing character voices were cited as reasons for doubting their confidence. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Most parents with young children wish they had more time to read to them and a third lack the confidence to do so, according to a new survey.

The study, commissioned by the children’s publisher Ladybird and run by Censuswide, found that 33% of parents with children under five wished they had more confidence to read with their child. Reading out loud and doing character voices were cited as reasons for doubting their confidence.

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