Re:A lack of male protagonists is making it harder to get yo...
by newAccount2025 on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:37AM
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Thanks yes I stopped at the paywall.
It still seems absurd. As parents of young kids in the late ‘00s and ‘10s, we made reading together the core of our nighttime routine from toddlerhood onward, made trips to the library constantly, and kept our house stocked with fantastic books.
It’s hard for me to even fathom why, seeing reduced attention spans, the conclusion is “we need new books that are competitive with tiktok” instead of “we need to fix this toxic attention environment.”
It still seems absurd. As parents of young kids in the late ‘00s and ‘10s, we made reading together the core of our nighttime routine from toddlerhood onward, made trips to the library constantly, and kept our house stocked with fantastic books.
It’s hard for me to even fathom why, seeing reduced attention spans, the conclusion is “we need new books that are competitive with tiktok” instead of “we need to fix this toxic attention environment.”