Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read" crisis real?

YesBox 19 points 2 comments June 14, 2026
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zhoBEENG

It’s like The Machine Stops, except that ~10% of the population still understands how the machine works.

guilhas

Me/Wife have read every single day before bed to our daughter, since before she could talk, and we still do. Books from the library. And some effort involved Now she also reads a 150 page book every other day At the age of 7 she has read more books than I did my whole life. Which I don't think I did much anyway

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