I think we could start a club about disallowing reading. I have removed all the books from the house before. Recently, I have only done this in the car if dd won't stop reading long enough to get out of the car when we get home. I expect her to carry in her stuff and help with shopping bags. Giving her a minute to finish a page is one thing, but ignoring me is another. When its a problem, all the books go in the trunk for a few days. Nothing is worse than riding in the car with no book. I am SO strict!
Oh my gosh! Why didn't I think of that? Both of my kids are AWFUL in this regard: on a couple of occasions I've come home with one child, gone into the house, prepped dinner and walked out to the car with my other child, only to have child one leap out of the car in alarm and yell, "what!? I'm not going with you too!" not realizing that we've been home for a half hour! I mostly find it irritating in the winter when someone has to put on boots in order to go retrieve a child from the car for dinner
And yet...it sure is hard to stay angry when your kid is "misbehaving" by reading!
