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What's a good present for a colleague who just had their first baby? (reddthat.com)
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Reckon we'll collect around 60quid for it

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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish - helped me a lot, still does when I have the presence of mind to communicate effectively. I didn't spend a lot of time around kids until I had one, so a lot of this stuff didn't come naturally to me.

That and The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak. Really fun way to get a kid to be able to enjoy books without the comfort of art on every page. And the first years are the most crucial with regard to being read to.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    vouching for "the book with no pictures", but maybe when they are 3-4 yo.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That's when they'll get the most out of it, but babies need to be read to. It helps them a lot, can't be overstated. Take it from me, my kid has severe ADHD but he's a stronger reader than most of his classmates.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    ah I'm not disputing that! By all means read to them. I'm just saying that when they are babies and toddlers imho it's better something with some pictures. I think it makes more fun to them as they learn to point to things as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    There's definitely going to be some of that, because that's pretty much the received wisdom according to every publisher. I'm just here to say not all of them should be picture-based. If all of them are, that teaches kids that less pictures equals harder and less fun. I'm going to bat for straight up textual matter.

    I never said the kid should only have one book, after all!

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