That practice is the norm for seminaries & monasteries.
Indeed, I know it is the norm. But it is a good practice I think families could impliment when they have meals together. Even if it's a short repas or tea time you can get a couple of pages in. It gives one something to contemplate, or it may even be entertaining to hear a short episode of a saint's life or some persecution in history. One's mind develops a taste for the things you feed to the subconscious. Most children (even from a very young age) are consuming impure pictures, evil music, evil ideologies, etc. I've seen it first hand, and this is likely a good part of why they are lukewarm or even cold. If you feed them good things they will develop a taste for it and you may counter the progression of today's culture of death.
On another note, it is said that even people living in the world should strive for the spiritual practice and contemplation as far as they are able. So reading a book aloud for a bit would be an easy way to partly do that.