Reading together will benefit your child in important ways. Sharing stories is the key to learning to read. Parents are regularly described as their children’s ‘first and most enduring educator’. This is particularly true when it comes to learning to read, and one of the best things that you can do as parent is to share books regularly with your child.

Did you get your seven hours of unbroken sleep last night? And, more importantly, how well did your child sleep? If this is a little bit of a moot point, it may be a small comfort to know that most parents will at some time struggle to get their child to bed on time and, moreover, to stay in bed through the night.