{"id":16894,"date":"2014-06-26T00:26:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16894"},"modified":"2014-08-28T23:53:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:53:57","slug":"doctors-to-parents-start-reading-to-kids-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/26\/doctors-to-parents-start-reading-to-kids-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors to parents: Start reading to kids early"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16988\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/parent-reading-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16988\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/parent-reading-kids.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/parent-reading-kids.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/parent-reading-kids-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8212; The nation&#8217;s largest pediatricians&#8217; group says parents should read aloud to their children every day starting in infancy.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so can enhance child development and prepare young minds for early language and reading ability.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to a new policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics issued Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The academy wants pediatricians to spread the message to parents of young children and to provide books to needy families.<\/p>\n<p>To help promote reading, the doctors&#8217; group is teaming up with the Clinton Foundation&#8217;s Too Small to Fail program, children&#8217;s book publisher Scholastic Inc., and a group called Reach out and Read. That nonprofit group works with doctors and hospitals to distribute books and encourage early reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO &#8212; The nation&#8217;s largest pediatricians&#8217; group says parents should read aloud to their children every day starting in infancy. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":16988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,3],"tags":[5946,2207,4383],"class_list":["post-16894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-lifestyle","tag-medicine","tag-parenting","tag-reading","mauthors-lindsey-tanner","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}