What a wonderful post! I'm an avid reader and even though I don't have children yet, I always assumed they would probably have the same love for reading as I do since I also got it from my mum (when she looks at me funny for buying too many books I always point her towards her own shelf ;) ). I'm especially sorry to hear what happened with your youngest - it's a horrible school system that makes something wonderful so weirdly competitive and actually manages to ruin someone's love for reading instead of inspiring it as it should. Thank you for sharing all of your advice as well, if I ever do end up with children that don't like reading I will definitely put those tips into action! :D