Albert Einstein – If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales

The Daily Quote podcast pageThe Great News Podcast pageThe Great News LetterVoicemail feedback line – 1-877-636-1474CONTACT MEWelcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for April 30th. Today marks Day of the Child, and it’s not just about celebrating kids—it’s about investing in their future by fostering a lifelong love of reading. This day highlights the importance of helping children develop the habit of picking up books, not just tablets. Because while screen time is inevitable, story time is irreplaceable. With that in mind, here’s today’s quote, from Albert Einstein—a man who knew a thing or two about genius and imagination: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”Now, for a guy who built the theory of relativity, Einstein sure had a simple approach to genius—storytime! Now, Einstein wasn’t joking. He believed in the power of stories—not just for entertainment, but for building curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. Fairy tales, with their dragons, forests, and glass slippers, are a child’s first passport to other worlds. And guess what? Those early journeys through books can shape how a child thinks for the rest of their life. So today, if you’ve got a little one around, take five minutes to read them a story. Even if they ask for the same book for the 93rd time—there’s magic in repetition. And if you don’t have a child nearby, revisit a childhood favorite yourself. It might surprise you how much wisdom is hidden between the talking animals and enchanted castles. That's going to do it for today... I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow, same pod time same pod station with another Daily Quote.