• TigrisMorte@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Hand them a book. If they don’t start reading, take the book and smack them with it, then hand it back. Very important to never say a word. Just stare seriously, directly into their eyes.

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      10 months ago

      I’m 100% trying this on my 9-year-old next time he tells me he’s bored. It’ll be a gentle smack, of course…

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        10 months ago

        I suggest Redwall. It’s short, it’s awesome. If it’s not a hard cover copy it shouldn’t hurt too much.

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          10 months ago

          My experience with those was that they proved formulaic and repetitive after a time, but the first few were good. They did have problems with shallow characterisations, though, at least to me.