Romper – Lindsay Mack 
If you’re the parent of a young child, chances are you spend a lot of time reading to them. After all, it’s fun to cuddle up with your little one for a few minutes and enjoy the fun stories and bright illustrations in children’s books. But story time may be helping out your kid even more than you realize. In fact, there are many benefits of reading with your kid, according to science. Some of the benefits are obvious. Kids who are read to frequently from a young age often have better language skills, for instance. But reading together may also help your kid develop logic skills, emotional recognition, and even higher math abilities. Basically? There is no downside to reading with your child. Academics aside, having a regular story time together means that you and your child are guaranteed to enjoy a few minutes of bonding every day.(more)