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    bananaprincess: If you want your kid to read, just read to them when you put them to bed. I also write "this little book belongs to their name" and a random number of... more »
    Ultraprison!: my two youngest sisters have really, really struggled to learn how to read. they had to repeat kindergarten and are still in "homework club." it's rea... more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Interesting. I'm planning on spawning in the future and have thought of/worried about this very topic. I'm a big reader, like some of you, I learned t... more »
    tscheese: GOD I'm late to this thread. My older brother, who is barely more than a year older than I am, taught me to read when I was about 3. Mom and Dad just ... more »
    clevernamehere: My mom was an early childhood teacher and was pretty embarassed when I was put in the second to lowest reading group in 1st grade. Then she realized t... more »
    prestocaro fears the culling: Oof. I started reading before I turned three, and have always read quickly (if it were a contest, a teacher once smirked to me, I would've won). I d... more »
    Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: Aren't parents not realizing their kids' full potential? Send them to the Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Want to Learn to Do Other Stuff Good... more »
    stonebiscuit rolled a 1 on initiative: I honestly don't know what I would do if I had a child who wasn't a good reader--or, God forbid, a child like my fiance, who doesn't like to read. I w... more »
    AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover: Sorry if this reposts: Pros/cons of these two approaches to reading aside, it is nice to know that there are parents who are willing to intervene on t... more »
    Eeva: What about people who lick their finger and thumb before turning every page of their book/newspaper? Every SINGLE page. They are destroying the fabric... more »
    ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Former teacher here, with some important Ed advice: If you think your child is having difficulty reading/counting/learning in general, request they be... more »
    Lymed: I was reading when I was 3 because I watched my mom teach my older brother. Then I hit kindergarten and pretended I couldn't read so the kids wouldn't... more »
    Sukie in the Graveyard: A friend of mine was such a good reader in second grade that he would always read ahead of the class during group read. When it was his turn to read ... more »
    Kivrin: Shit like this is a big part of why I don't want kids. WAY too much stress. I'd rather just keep reading books myself, thanks. more »
    LaComtesse: This desire to rush your children to be readers and mathletes and all that stuff super-early is a trick you could get a particularly intelligent monke... more »
    BlondeGrlz: I've read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bible, all of Shakespeare's works and the Constitution out loud to my stomach since getting pregnant... more »
    PilgrimSoul: I could read at 1.5 years of age, proven to my uncle by my reading the classifieds to him. more »
    PrettyPrettyPrincess: My niece and nephew were both slow to learn to read and it was very frustrating and embarssing to them to be behind to curve with their classmates and... more »
    Eeva: Having a kid who was slow to learn to read wouldn't bother me as much as having one who just didn't like to read. (Would it be too much of a threadjac... more »
    maggeimerc: People need to stop identifying success with a 4.0 and an admission to an Ivy League school. Self worth is far far more important to success then anyt... more »
  • #booklarnin

    Is Your Child The Slow Reader?

    It's the ambitious parent's worst nightmare: a kid who moves his lips when he reads. How will he ever experience neurosis and loss?!