‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids - and educators are worried

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind

Last week, former elementary school teacher Spencer Russell posed a question to parents who follow his Instagram account, Toddlers Can Read: “Why aren’t you reading aloud to your kids?”

The responses, which Russell shared with the Guardian, ranged from embarrassed to annoyed to angry. “It’s so boring,” said one parent. “I don’t have time,” said another. One mother wrote in: “I don’t enjoy reading myself.”