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Sharon Berry Quotes

Sharon Berry OBE is the founder and CEO of Storybook Dads, a nonprofit charity based in the UK.

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"It showed the children that they are loved and not abandoned."

“It became so apparent how something like Storybook Dads was needed so that fathers could keep in touch with their children.”

“I had never been in a prison before, but ended up spending one day a week as writer-in-residence. It was not what I expected. It was not intimidating at all, but very rewarding.”

“Reading to your child is a natural parental activity.”

“Many dads get emotional reading to their children when they say their greeting to the child at the beginning and end of the recording. It’s a wonderful way to ensure these prisoners remain in contact with their children and families.”

"Storybook Dads was a way for prisoners to maintain family ties, while gaining media production skills that might help them rebuild their lives once outside prison, reducing the risk that they would offend again."

"It's daunting for these young men, very often they weren't read to as children themselves, so this was new to them. They come in to the little studio to read Goldilocks and they're embarrassed, they don't know how to do it, and a big part of it is helping them to relax."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sharon Berry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.