Are you reading regularly to your little one? If yes, keep it up! You are preparing your child for life-long success. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends reading aloud to children for at least 15 minutes a day beginning in infancy. Those 15 minutes spent reading together can be the best part of the day for both of you. According to the AAP, children who are read to during infancy and preschool have better language skills and are more interested in reading when they start school. What's more, sharing a book helps kids and parents create a closer bond which is so important for cognitive and social-emotional development. Reading to a child doesn't always come naturally Even though educators and children's advocates have long beaten the drum about the importance of reading to children, it doesn't always come naturally to parents. They may have negative associations around reading and books from their own childhood, or school experience, or be uncomfor