  CNN has urlLink reported recently on the downward trend of Americans in reading. This is based on a report released by the National Endowment of the Arts, which says that the number of non-reading adults as increased by 17 million, in the years between 1992 and 2002. In 2002, only 47% of adults read literature, such as books, plays and other narratives. The NEA chairman goes on to say, "We have a lot of functionally literate people who are no longer engaged readers. This isn't a case of `Johnny Can't Read,' but `Johnny Won't Read. '" I see this everywhere, as well. Too many children, and even adults, obtain their entertainment and information from the internet or the television, and have become intellectually lazy in the realm of reading. They allow others to provide the visuals to the stories, rather than provide them through their own imagination. Parents need to quit being lazy about parenting, and promote good reading habits, by reading to their children and showing them that it can be both fun and rewarding, but, when adults themselves are lazy in this category, can we really expect our children to be any different? 
