Reading for fun? Children spend less time enjoying a good book as they spend more leisure time on computers, a study has found
Computer games are harming children’s reading,  researchers warned last night.
 
They found that the reading ability of nine and ten-year-olds has slumped in countries where households have at least one computer.
 
The team from Gothenburg University in Sweden compared the reading skills of pupils aged nine and ten in Sweden, the U.S., Italy and Hungary.
 
Children in the U.S. and Sweden also took out fewer books from the library and spent less of their leisure time reading.
 

 
The researchers found that boys’ ability had decreased slightly more than girls, possibly because  they tended to spend more time on video games.
 
Professor Monica Rosen, who led the research, said: ‘Reading ability falls as leisure use of computers increases.
 
‘It is important that we do not jump to the conclusion that the complete explanation for poorer reading is deficiencies in education.
 
‘On the contrary, the way in which computers undermine reading shows very clearly that leisure time is at least as important when it comes to developing high-quality reading skills.’


SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
 
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