Why Good Books Are Better When You Talk About Them | Intellectual Takeout

Why Good Books Are Better When You Talk About Them | Intellectual Takeout
"What do you do when you finish reading with children, say, at bedtime?
Perhaps what many parents do — just close the book, kiss your child goodnight, ruffle their hair, and turn out the light. 
...But as valuable as these read-aloud together times are, we think they very often contain a missed opportunity.
...If you just close the book, you and your children (or students, if you’re a teacher) will have missed a chance to share your thoughts and questions about the challenges the characters have faced, the choices they’ve made, the good and bad consequences of those choices, the virtues and vices displayed — and, most important, how all of that might apply to your own character and lives.
...Consider what you might want to talk about if you stopped to think about and discuss this episode with children....
Read on.