Choosing The Right Books For Your Child: Tips For You

When it comes to taking care of your child, every decision you make counts, from the clothes you put them in, the bottles you feed them with, and even the books you read to them. You want to be sure for example, that you choose children's books for positive character development so that your child develops the positive characteristics and qualities that will benefit them most in life. However, it can be challenging to ensure that every book that comes into your house meets those criteria. Here are a few tips for choosing the right books for your child. Then, you can be sure you are doing everything you can to provide them with reading material that matches your values and desires for their development. 

Find the Moral Lesson of Each Book

While not all books are written to explicitly provide a moral lesson, most do have such a lesson ingrained in them. As such, it is important that you as a parent figure out what the moral lesson of the book is for your child. 

It gets more challenging to find those moral lessons in books written for older children, but they are still there. So, keep this in mind as you flip through potential book choices for your child. 

Read Parents' Reviews

If you are unsure about a particular book or do not have the time to read it thoroughly yourself, check other parents' reviews of the book out. This will help you to see what other concerned mothers and fathers thought about a particular book and the lessons it teaches the children. 

Be Prepared to Discuss the Book with Your Child

As your child gets older and starts reading on their own, it is always a good idea not only to help pick out the books that your child will read but be prepared to discuss them with your child. This means that you should try to read at least some of the books your child reads all the way through (and before or at the same time as your child). 

Then, when your child finishes the book in question, you can sit down and talk about the book. Talk about their takeaways from the story. What did they learn from the story? Did they think the main character was a good person? Why or why not? Doing this can help to build a critical reading eye for your child but can also help to ensure that they are still getting that positive character development from reading that you were hoping for.