Put on Christmas pajamas, whip up some hot chocolate and gather around the Christmas tree glow to read aloud together. Make a December to remember by creating a new tradition of family reading time.

In an age of packed schedules and constant digital distractions, families often struggle to slow down and connect. Yet one simple habit continues to make a lasting difference: reading together.

Is reading to your kids a bedtime ritual in your home? For many of us, it will be a visceral memory of our own childhoods. Or of the time raising now grown-up children. Perhaps it involves a nightly ...