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Originally posted by ark13
The bible needs no justification!
No offense, but take that statement to Spirituality, spanky.

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Why is it, all the good threads happen when I am in bed? 😳

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Originally posted by mikelom
Why is it, all the good threads happen when I am in bed? 😳
Fortunately, there are more fun things you can do in bed. 🙂

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
Fortunately, there are more fun things you can do in bed. 🙂
I just finished that mate, and she's younger than u r! 😏

And she's now a family millionairess.......... lol...... 😉

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Originally posted by mikelom
I just finished that mate, and she's younger than u r! 😏

And she's now a family millionairess.......... lol...... 😉
You dirty old man! 😛

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Originally posted by Natsia
If you had to choose only one book to read to your child, what would you choose?
Would you choose something philosophical, historical, scientific, fictional or satirical?
I agree with Bosse de Nage - it depends on the child's interests and age, or not so much the age as the developmental cognitive, linguistic and emotional level. And I also agree with his general suggestion. A lot of the suggestions in this thread sound too advanced for most children at a pre-reading age to me (and if they can read themselves, it doesn't matter that much which book you read to them as they can read lots of other books themselves).

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Originally posted by Bad wolf
You dirty old man! 😛
Younger at heart! 😉

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I agree with Bosse de Nage - it depends on the child's interests and age, or not so much the age as the developmental cognitive, linguistic and emotional level. And I also agree with his general suggestion. A lot of the suggestions in this thread sound too advanced for most children at a pre-reading age to me (and if they can read themselves, it doesn't matter that much which book you read to them as they can read lots of other books themselves).
How about books about psychoanology and postpartem and the like?

How about a book about, 'How to become a social worker'? or 'How to become a Kosovan translator for the Social Services in the UK?

Paddington Bear?

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if it had to be only one book or nothing, I'd choose no book at all.

otherwise, I'd expose the kid to as many different points of view as I could.

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Originally posted by mikelom
How about books about psychoanology and postpartem and the like?

How about a book about, 'How to become a social worker'? or 'How to become a Kosovan translator for the Social Services in the UK?

Paddington Bear?
What's psychoanology supposed to be?

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Grim's complete fairy tails.

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Originally posted by wormwood
if it had to be only one book or nothing, I'd choose no book at all.
Why? If you'd choose a book containing lots of stories, it could keep you and the child busy for quite a while, and depending on when you start, the child may already be able to read when you have finished. Then you can give xym a wider selection of books to read.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
What's psychoanology supposed to be?
My dearest, that would be a play on English sublety that you would not try to comprehend.

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I think that if you specialise a child in a single subject they will become good at it for the rest of their life (it worked well for the polgar sisters). So all that would be needed is to decide what the child should master and buy them the most comprehensive book on that subject.

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Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
I think that if you specialise a child in a single subject they will become good at it for the rest of their life (it worked well for the polgar sisters). So all that would be needed is to decide what the child should master and buy them the most comprehensive book on that subject.
Michael Jackson's biography perhaps?