The first thing parents need to realize is that the way you are forcing your child to learn may not be the "only' way"or the "right" way. Rather, if you force your young children to read and write against their will, they will obstinately resist your advances. You should always create a fun learning environment where your child will enjoy reading books, and it is also a good idea to develop the habit of reading in your child by giving him books that he himself wishes to read.
Giving your child a colorful, brightly illustrated, personalized and unique storybook may encourage him to take up reading. You can also stimulate a child's passion for learning by giving him a reading material with which he can connect emotionally. This way, the child will one day progress to all those drab school textbooks that are mandatory for improving reading and comprehension skills. In majority of the cases, school children shy away from reading and learning information that doesn't spark their interest or when there is a complete absence of emotional attachment to the material they are being forced to read.
Children learn to write by practicing writing, but they also pick up writing through reading. It is not just storybooks and textbooks that should make up your child's reading lists. Encourage your children to read newspapers, magazines, plays, poetry, novels and autobiographies to develop their general knowledge and also to make reading as entertaining and educational as possible. Also encourage your children to write stories, poems, rhymes or whatever else these budding writers wish to scribble down. And most importantly, take a genuine interest in what your children are reading and writing, talk to them about their reactions after reading a certain book and encourage them to ask questions. Help your children by pointing out their spelling, grammatical, syntactical and factual errors and assist them in revising and editing their write-ups.
If you start taking genuine interest in your child's academic activities, help her with her academic problems, create a healthy and entertaining learning environment at home and do not force them to learn against their wishes, they will automatically start responding to your efforts. Along with all these, taking up meaningful reading will promote emotional and intellectual development, imaginative and critical thinking and help them acquire the reading and comprehension skills required for good grades.