What would happen to a child if the only books you read to them were more complex?

They'd probably get really bored.
There's also how just because they can understand something doesn't mean that they can feel the emotional weight or reasonings behind it.
For example, you can only find a movie about death sad if you understand the concept of death in an emotional sense.
If you show a kid something too soon, the true feelings of the work could be lost, even if they can understand it logically.
 
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Why spend all that time building muscles and learning technique? I'm just gonna squat 500 pounds out the gate.
 
Try to read anything you’re going to expose your child(ren) to beforehand and get ready to answer any questions truthfully and in an age-appropriate way. Encourage your child to read books for their age and comprehension, then read more complex books to them before bed so you can explain anything they’re struggling with. Make literature more exciting by combining it with other activities that exercise different parts of the mind and body. We’re reading a book set in ancient Egypt currently so we’ve also made hieroglyphic name plates, visited an exhibition, made sand pyramids and had a silly dance-off. This way they develop their own interests, learn to read at their own pace and learn advanced vocabulary from the more challenging texts. Reading to and with your children is one of the best things you can do for them.
 
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I never read child literature except the aphabet books. My family had a huge library of classic literature so I mostly read poetry like Pushkin, Lermontov and Mayakovski when I was 4 lol. Never understood a single thing in it though, since it indeed was too complex for me.

Wouldn't say that I turned out to be smarter than other kids, so I guess there are no great impact on child's development.
 
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I don't know what exactly to search for to get actual science on this, or if there even is any science on this, but presumably there was a time when 'children's literature' wasn't really a genre and they would have to learn to read from regular books? If this is the case how might that impact a child's development?

I'm wondering if when I have kids I should avoid exposing them to 'children's literature' because I'm wondering if it may in fact be contributing to people growing up to be really illiterate.
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The kid would have childhood nostalgia for complex books.

Also, doing baby-talk to babies and toddler stunts language development.
 
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