marge234
10-08-2010, 08:42 PM
"The economic downturn is certainly a major factor, but many in the industry see an additional reason for the slump. Parents have begun pressing their kindergartners and first graders to leave the picture book behind and move on to more text-heavy chapter books. Publishers cite pressures from parents who are mindful of increasingly rigorous standardized testing in schools."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/08picture.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me
A mom unfairly characterized in the article responds:
"Once again, for all those people judging me based on a quote taken out of context, I'm actually the sort of parent very opposite of what this article paints me to be. I've written a full response up about the way my children went from picture to chapter books, all on their own, when they themselves were ready: http://zenleaf.amandagignac.com..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/08picture.html?pagewanted=1&ref=general&src=me
A mom unfairly characterized in the article responds:
"Once again, for all those people judging me based on a quote taken out of context, I'm actually the sort of parent very opposite of what this article paints me to be. I've written a full response up about the way my children went from picture to chapter books, all on their own, when they themselves were ready: http://zenleaf.amandagignac.com..."