This graph presents reasons why American parents do not co-read e-books with their children in 2012. The Cooney Center survey revealed that six percent of parents stated that they did not co-read e-books with their children because they were afraid that their child would break the e-reader.
Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?*
Reason
Share of respondents
Prefer child to read traditional print books
60%
Reading with child is too difficult on e-reader
34%
Worry child would want to use e-reader all the time
30%
Worry about additional screen time
27%
Child is not interested in reading e-books together
* The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey. The source does not provide information about the way the survey was conducted.
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Joan Ganz Cooney Center. (September 18, 2012). Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/
Joan Ganz Cooney Center. "Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?*." Chart. September 18, 2012. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/
Joan Ganz Cooney Center. (2012). Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/
Joan Ganz Cooney Center. "Why Don't You Co-read E-books with Your Children?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Sep 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/
Joan Ganz Cooney Center, Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Why don't you co-read e-books with your children?* [Graph], Joan Ganz Cooney Center, September 18, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/242264/reasons-parents-do-not-co-read-e-books-with-their-children-in-the-us/
