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Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.
Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka
Jon Scieszka
Born: Sep 8, 1954

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Entertainment, Reading, Other, Books, Television, Kids, TV, Admit, Computer, Attention, New, Get, New Technologies, Going, May, Avoid, Games, Electronic, Electronic Media, Media, Things, Compete, Technologies

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