Children’s Education: To the Parents Who Made Me a Writer

In two recent columns for National Review, Bryan A. Garner extended a dozen ideas for parents looking to boost their child’s education, most of which focus in some way on reading and writing. While I don’t yet have children with whom I can practice applying his suggestions, several reminded me a great deal of my own childhood.

Take, for instance, his recommendation that parents “own plenty of books.” He notes that measures of a child’s “home literacy environment” award the highest scores to homes with more than 200 books. The stock in my home growing up so far exceeded 200 books that it likely would take at least a day to count them all.

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In two recent columns for National Review, Bryan A. Garner extended a dozen ideas for parents looking to boost their child’s education, most of which focus in some way on reading and writing. While I don’t yet have children with whom I can practice applying his suggestions, several reminded me a great deal of my own childhood.

Take, for instance, his recommendation that parents “own plenty of books.” He notes that measures of a child’s “home literacy environment” award the highest scores to homes with more than 200 books. The stock in my home growing up so far exceeded 200 books that it likely would take at least a day to count them all.