When families break up, it can be extremely difficult on children. Kids often don't understand that the end of their parents' marriage has little or nothing to do with them, and they can feel torn between loyalty for their mother and father. One dad didn't want his daughter to feel lost in the shuffle of his divorce, so he blocked out a little time every night to read with her - for nine years.

Alice Ozma was in the fourth grade when her parents realized that their marriage wasn't working, NPR reports. It was then that her father, children's librarian Jim Brozina, made her a promise: He'd spend a little time every night, for 100 nights, reading with her daughter. One hundred nights passed - but the duo didn't stop. In fact, they kept on reading together every evening until Alice left for college, nine years later.

The duo want to encourage other families to start up a tradition like theirs. "I don't think fathers and daughters are spending time together every night," Ozma told NPR. "This is a generation of very, very busy kids."

Ozma has published a book called The Reading Promise: My Father and The Books We Shared that she hopes will inspire parents and children to take up hobbies together that they can share for a lifetime.

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