my daughter hates fiction

[~*heket*~]

she'll happily read fact books but hates story books mostly. I don't remember tha last story book she read.

I know it's not a problem but I feel disappointed by it, like she's missing so much enjoyment from literature. (although she wouldn't agree :lol )

She occasionally picks something up and tries it, but never finishes it. Do you think that'll change?

[Quickening]

Give it time, it might. If it doesn't then there's bound to be many other things in life she'll get lots of enjoyment from. It might be the genre or the story. Have you tried books on tape? What about real life stories where you learn stuff? Or biblographies/auto..thingys :lol

[Janet]

I don't think her life preferences are set by 10 :) I wonder about the options Lisa is suggesting too.

[Ceres]

I wouldn't be worried about it at all. Her preferences may change over time. I was (and still am) a massive bookworm so I can understand that you feel she's missing out. In the meantime she's probably gaining heaps from her other reading.

[gemi_ny]

Meh - I've never been big on fiction. Maybe moreso when I was younger, or maybe that's just what I had to read for school :lol

There have been a few novels that have piqued my interest, but I'd rather read non-fiction. Well, actually, most of my reading at the moment involves hungry caterpillars & farm animals :lol

[SandraDodd]

I liked non-fiction from the time I was little. The first library book I ever checked out was about the history of astronomy (and I was six). The first book I bought with my own money was a dictionary, and a couple of the next few were a book of Christmas carols and a book on the history of English (I was nine).

I still much prefer non-fiction.

The suggestion about biographies might be a good one.

How is she with movies? If you're concerned about the messages and ideas she could get from fiction, DVDs might be the way to go. Holly (my youngest, who's 16) likes to read books after she sees the movie, and to think as she goes why they changed things, and to be impressed when they didn't change something, or when they used exact words. She's read a couple of Stephen King things, and more recently What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Snow Angels.

I like history and trivia.

[~*heket*~]

It occurs to me that aslong as she's reading, I should worry about what it is, it's not hustler afterall ;)

Remember how you HAD to read a book, it couoldn't be a cartoon when we were at school? How silly! I think that perhaps, insisting my daughter reads a certain type of book, is a bit silly!

[Kezia]

Plenty of adults don't read fiction. I'd be happy if my children want to read anything. But people do change as they get older. My father was a fiction-hater and started to read the odd novel only when he reached his 60s!

[~*heket*~]

I guess it boils down to my love of fiction and fantasy and the fact that I love it do dearly, and I really want my duaghter to have the same pleasure from reading ...... BUT a lot of people get that pleasure from reading biographies don't they. Even I enjoy the odd true story!

[Currawong]

Yeah, I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer non-fiction or biographies anyday. I find fiction boring because I know it's not real LOL

Something tells me that if she found a fiction book about bugs she might be interested ;) ...but then, it doesn't really matter, does it? :)

[~*heket*~]

as I type she is reading a fiction book called ICEFIRE. It's about a dragon - or something :lol

[Ceres]

Hooray! You must be so pleased. I hope she's enjoying it. Isn't it amazing how the enjoyment of reading has come AFTER removing her from school.

[Currawong]

Good point Ceres! :clap for your dd, Heket.

[~*heket*~]

that's exactly what I was thinking!