It doesn’t matter what they read, as long as they read. So give farmer browns chickens the heave ho and go get a star wars magazine! Or Ben Ten or Bob the Builder, or whatever your little man is into. He’ll be more motivated when he actually enjoys the content.

I have the same issue with my son. What seems the most successful with him is I let him choose the book (then at least I know he wants to read it) then we take turns reading a page each. He seems to be happy with that compromise. Sometimes I still end up reading the last part of the book but at least he read some of it.

Encourage it as much as you can but don’t stress about it. I have a friend who home school her son and has read a lot on child literacy. Did you know that in a lot of countries they don’t even bother to start teaching kids to read until they are more like 10-12 years of age? And those kids end up being able to read fluently in a very short period of time. I don’t know why we torture our kids at such an early age to read. Experts say we shouldn’t even bother till age 7 since that part of their brain hasn’t even clicked on yet (with the rare exception). Think of it this way – do you know any of your friends or peers that doesn’t know how to read? I’m guessing not – everyone learns how to read eventually.