- cross-posted to:
- literature@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- literature@beehaw.org
Summary
A National Literacy Trust (NLT) survey reveals that children’s enjoyment of reading is at its lowest in 19 years, with only 34.6% of eight- to 18-year-olds saying they enjoy reading in their free time.
This marks an 8.8 percentage point drop from last year, part of a declining trend since 2016.
Reading frequency has also hit a historic low, and a significant gender gap persists, with only 28.2% of boys versus 40.5% of girls enjoying reading.
The NLT calls for a government taskforce to address these declines, warning that “the futures of a generation are being put at risk.”
not surprising. Reading was all I did in my youth but as media got better and better and more available I read less and at the start of the millenia that basically became nearly zero. Only entertainment reading I do is stuff like this really.