«Help, my son refuses to read!»

My son, 9, refuses to read. He's worried that I won 't read to him when he can read himself. He thinks reading is really stupid. What's the best thing to do?

This is what our team of experts says:

Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 50, is editor-in-chief of magazines and member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on "Tagesanzeiger.ch" and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 19 and 15.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author ("Clever lernen", "Erfolgreich lernen mit ADHS") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich. www.mit-kindern-lernen.ch
Peter Schneider, 60, works as a psychoanalyst and columnist in Zurich. Until 2017, he was Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in Bremen; he currently teaches the history and theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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