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THE education department recently indicated that only 5 % of parents in South Africa read to their children. The Rep’s Bhongo Jacob asked locals why the other 95% of parents are not doing so and why reading to children is important.
MPUMZI SIMATU from Queenstown
Some parents are illiterate. They come back from work tired, which causes them not to take care about their children’s education. Teachers, parents and children should all work together. Reading to children is important because you get to share knowledge with them.
DALIWONGA MFAXA from Queenstown
Parents have problems. In some homes there is no harmony which results in the neglect of children. In most cases parents are financially frustrated and they take their stress out on their children. Parents should read to their children to make them fluent in languages.
LEON VAN HEERDEN from Top Town
Parents don’t care about reading to their children, they don’t give them books. If the children are small, parents should read them stories at night before they go to bed. If you want to give them a birthday present, it must be a book to ed- ucate them. Reading is important. You learn through reading.
MPILISI JONI from Westbourne
Black people did not have access to real libraries. That is why we are a country that lacks a reading culture. Reading is an important tool because it helps you understand what’s happening around you and helps you to participate in all sectors of the economy.
CARMEN MEYERS from Aloevale
Some parents come home tired from work and because they pay a lot of money to the schools. They leave all the responsibility to the teachers and they expect the teachers to play the role of a parent. A lack of interest in reading also causes parents not to read to their children.