SHARED READING IN CHILDHOOD: HEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE

Elena Bettinelli, professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communicative processes at the University of Trieste

Marnie Campagnaro, professor of Children's Literature at the University of Padova

Giorgio Tamburlini, pediatrician and president of the Center for Child Health

Andrea Taddio, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Trieste

The extended time we spend nurturing our children is filled with content, interactions, and words. It is perhaps through these interactions that we invented language, storytelling, and the pursuit of knowledge. In the words exchanged with our children, we have cultivated the very essence of what it means to be human. This discussion will explore the "miracles of shared reading" for a child's development, the significance of storytelling and reading during childhood, and the relational importance of reading in early life. The session will be moderated by a pediatrician, underscoring that reading for children is both a matter of health and knowledge.