A couple of thoughtful strategies can ease you and your teen into a read-aloud lifestyle. One of the most effective ways to transition a teenager into reading aloud is by playing an audiobook in the car. If your child says he doesn’t want to listen to that book, tell him you put the book on for YOU, not him. You’ll find yourself with a captive audience and an engaging story being read by a skilled narrator. That will be hard to resist, even for a stubborn fourteen-year-old.
