Jessica is reading a story aloud to her 3-year-old daughter, abigail. abigail's father says, why are you bothering? it's not like she's going to learn to read from that. what would you tell abigail's father about reading to preschoolers?

The correct answer is - He's wrong; children whose parents read to them as preschoolers tend to be better readers in elementary school.

He is definitely wrong - many studies show that it is quite important to read to children in order to make them more prepared both for school and for life. Books are a valuable resource for parents who want their kids to be academically inclined, and foster the love for reading in the future. Also, it will be easier for those kids to read in elementary school than those whose parents never read to them.