Do you think parents should read or tell stories to children? Some people hold the opinion that parents should read stories to their children while others believed that toddlers can read books or watch TV on their own. It seems to me that it’s necessary for parents to read stories for kids sometimes. One main reason is that fairytales for children can be educational. When adults read those stories to toddles, they can teach them how to cope with the real world. For example, parents tell children to help the weak through Snow White of which toddlers may be ignorant if they read it independently. Apart from that, reading stories is also an effective way to cultivate close relationship between adults and their kids. Lots of parents are busy with work on weekdays and do not have much time to spend with children. Lacking of enough communication during the usual time, parents can talk with children by reading fairytales before bedtime. By contrast, there are some drawbacks supposing children are always reading books or watching TV on their own. Without leading from parents, children may lose interests in reading. Besides, toddlers who are naïve can be addicted to TV programs if they’re left alone to watch TV. Overall, as far as I’m concerned, parents should read stories to their toddlers from time to time, developing good reading habits of children and telling them deeper meanings of stories. While children’s character can be shaped as remarkable as possible, the relationship between parents and toddlers can be closer.