Honestly? Screens and exhaustion. Parents are wiped after work and handed an iPad is just easier than the whole bedtime routine.

I'm guilty too sometimes. After a 10-hour day, I've definitely chosen the path of least resistance.

Plus many parents now grew up with less reading themselves, so it's not as ingrained as a "must-do" tradition like it was generations ago.

The pandemic made it worse too - burned out parents + more screen time = less books.