Science says you should still keep reading print books over e-books

Submitted: The Two Sides Team January 11, 2017

According to a recent article on the Good website, there are many reasons why you should keep reading paper books over e-books including:

print books help you sleep
print books are more powerful tools for developing children and teaching them to read
we just don't read as well when we're looking at screens.

In addition, a 2016 study by University of Sussex psychologists in the UK revealed that reading physical books to kids makes parents more affectionate, and that "the parent-child relationship benefits more from story time with a paper book than with a tablet, because the interaction is warmer and friendlier."

For more on this topic, check out our Two Sides fact sheet – Print and paper play a key role in learning and literacy.

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