They aren't all comic book issue length, and pleasure reading is not all the text most kids read.

My pleasure reading in college including a 'when the next 100+ page volume comes out, I'm reading it in 2 hours' manga series component wasn't exactly a sign of reduced attention span, either.

March 30, 2026 - 16:53 UTC

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I get it. Graphic novels are awesome. I read them too. I'm just saying it's not unreasonable for parents to be concerned and want to understand their kid's reading preferences better.
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There's a large, and sometimes overlooked, gap between "want to understand" and "want to control so it looks like something I already understand," however.
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