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Stop, drop and read: The power of books for children from birth onwards, with Dr Christina McDonnell

Stop, drop and read: The power of books for children from birth onwards, with Dr Christina McDonnell

Update: 2024-08-06
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My guest this week is Dr Christina McDonnell, who is a practicing GP, a Garda on-call doctor and also the owner of Genius Juniors, the online bookshop for children of all ages. I was so excited to chat with Christina because honestly, nothing shaped me more throughout childhood than the books I read, and I know just how powerful reading can be for a child's development. Christina was a wealth of knowledge about what reading can do for a child, how much screen time we should give our kids, the 'whatever works' approach and making time for one on one moments with your children if possible. I came perilously close to totally nerding out about the books I loved as a child – any parent who wants to enrich their child's life will love this episode, there's no better gift than the love of reading, to my mind anyway. Enjoy!

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Stop, drop and read: The power of books for children from birth onwards, with Dr Christina McDonnell

Stop, drop and read: The power of books for children from birth onwards, with Dr Christina McDonnell