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Episode 3200:
Isaac Morehouse shares how flashcards, rewards and restrictions all failed to get his capable six-year-old reading, and only strained their relationship, until the family simply stopped trying. Not long after, his son taught himself to read because he wanted to enjoy his favorite comic strip. It is a thought-provoking parenting story about letting children learn on their own timeline and protecting the parent-child relationship along the way.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://isaacmorehouse.com/2015/06/30/how-my-son-learned-to-read-when-we-stopped-trying-to-teach-him/
Quotes to ponder:
"All these efforts had two things in common: they didn't help him read one bit and they made our relationship with him worse."
"Being a parent and being a child cease to be fun when you're at odds all the time."
"Do you really want your memories with them to consist of fights and forced lessons?"
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