Do not discourage children from reading because you feel they are reading the wrong thing. Fiction you do not like is a route to other books you may prefer. And not everyone has the same taste as you.
—
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | Books | theguardian.com
(via the-gwendolyn-reading-method)
It’s still true. (And I said a lot of other sensible things in the essay it links to.)
(via wilwheaton)