My niece made me sad, she says “mommy doesn’t read to me”, which doesn’t surprise me - she’s a Salvadoran high school drop out who had 3 kids by 20. Thing is, my brother doesn’t read to them either, he’s so hard pressed to prove you don’t need “school” to be successful. But our parents read to us, my mom read to him so much that by the time she got to me, she recorded a tape of her reading books and gave that to me so she wouldnt have to read those same books over and over again for another kid
Anyway, they need to do better, she always enjoys me reading to her and working with her to learn new things