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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    In the digital age, how to make sure kids love printed books?

    Learning to read is required at school, but home is where kids learn to want (or even love) to read.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 12, 2019 • 1 min read

    Learning to read is required at school, but home is where kids learn to want (or even love) to read. With screens grabbing so much of our attention at home, how do you raise a child who enjoys curling up with a book, who gets lost in stories, and becomes a lifelong reader?

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Why vaping may not be safer than regular cigarettes
    1. 0:00Important bills on worker and tenants’ rights go to Gov. Newsom
    2. 9:16Safety questions remain around Conception fire
    3. 15:01Med school professor on what we know (and don't know) about the safety of vaping
    4. 23:46In the digital age, how to make sure kids love printed books?You’re reading this
    5. 37:08Filmmaker on Daniel Johnston: 'In his mania, he created these masterpieces and had no filters'
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