John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The divide that now seems apparent is between optimizing and experiencing. Someone needs to write “Cat’s in the Cradle,” Silicon Valley edition. 1514614
Mike Vachow @mikevachow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Using a voice-trained AI tool to read to a child vs. reading to a child IRL is the cognitive development equivalent of a stale rice cake vs. a balanced, home-cooked meal. Any parent, uncle, babysitter should be able to intuit this. You don't have to be a child development expert.npr.orgWhat's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story?There are many ways young children encounter stories. A new study finds a "Goldilocks effect," where a cartoon may be "too hot" and audiobooks "too cold" for learning readers. 27017
Carl S. Gutekunst @alameth.org · 13/10/2026I always thought the whole point was bonding? I got as much out of reading to my children as they did; more, if anything, since I still remember those events in vivid detail. And I learned about them and how they reacted, making later interactions more predictable. 020
steve-degenaro.bsky.social @steve-degenaro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My number one best attribute as a parent was/is my willingness to engage with my children in actually reading books together. And number 2 isn’t even close. 090
