Just had to say thanks - I thought I was the only kid whose parents used books as a carrot for good behavior. By the age of 10, I was reading Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour novels like they were candy, and my mom used to take the books away until I had my chores and homework finished.

If I tried to use "you can't read" with my son, he'd laugh until his stomach hurt.

~Lisa
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