I was saddened to learn that gen Z parents don’t read to their children because they don’t have time, dislike having to read the same book over and over, don’t enjoy reading books themselves or find it boring (2 June). It was one of my great joys to read to my daughter, though granted, there were no smartphones vying for her attention in the early noughties.
Siobhan McGovern
Edinburgh
• “I just don’t have the energy to read to my kid” – what rubbish. If you don’t have the energy to sit on the sofa next to your child and share a storybook together, what on earth did you have children for?
Helen Clutton
Bristol
