Once Upon A Bedtime

It’s important to read bedtime stories to children- both for them and for you. The benefits for children are well known: reading opens up language centers in the brain in a way computer games and TV do not; it helps get children to settle; and it’s important to have that one on one attention and close physical contact. But parents win too, through the chance to relax the mind and drift away with stories.
Melbourne psychologist John Irvine believes parents who think they are too busy to read are missing the opportunity to end the day with their children on a good note. “You need to unpack the day and snuggle into bed feeling all is well with the world,” he says. “Books are good fore parents who are tired, or feel they are not good at playing, because they tell the story.”
-Claire Konkes in ‘The Australian’

hmm.... this i found quite interesting.... but my lovely lil daughter snatches the book from me, closes it, says 'und' (closed) and tosses it aside :p :p

what have psychiatrists got to say for that!!