This is exactly what we did. He was born in June, literally the middle of the year so we kept him back and he is the oldest second grader in his class. Didn't get an IEP, we knew he had ADHD and it has an official diagnosis and we intentionally kept him out of public schools because both my wife and I have ADHD and knew he wouldn't do well in a traditional desk setting. He goes to a Regio inspired school on a farm so he gets to spent most of every day even in winter outside which has been a game changer for his development.

Thanks for being helpful! Unlike many others here lol

yes please!

if you need to read a book to know what to eat you're way behind where you should be developmentally

I know what you mean. I'm reading the Stormlight Archives right now and to me it's the best goddamn thing since sliced cinnamon bread, and then I see people in this sub calling it the "McDonalds of literature." I read strictly to be entertained, so I like straightforward, entertaining books. I read No Country For Old Men a couple of months ago and found it to be middling and tedious. I read the Scarlet Letter a couple of years ago and I fucking hated it. The only thing that overly flowery prose does for me is cause annoyance, so most of the widely-regarded classics are books that I couldn't stand.

I am trying to learn. That is essentially my biggest aspiration in life. About anything and everything lol. These 3 things were just fields that I could think of off the top of my head.

Worst advice here yet

Yeah, being an adult sucks, at the end of the day almost tge moment I crack open a book I start to nod off.

I‘m sure that‘s great advice if I want to know whether eating 5 hamburgers a day is recommended or not, but if I‘m trying to find out whether Vitamin K improves absorption of carbs, I don’t think browsing such websites will do.

I have my eyesight and I did this as well. I would have my textbook on the desk and my novel in my lap and be reading under the desk.

Couldn't agree more, definitely not a problem. That's basically where he was in kindergarten and now in the second grade he is ahead of nearly all his peers.

Absolutely, we have less a problem with my son going tk sleep than we do staying asleep in the morning so if he wakes up to early we always encourage him to stay in bed and read as that is its own form of resting.

You're raising him right! I'm glad he told you. I'm sure you'll be able to teach him that sleep is more important than books.

I wish there was a StoryGraph type app for fanfiction. Input number of words, author, fandom, etc... I would've used the hell out of that at one point in my life.

I'm honestly surprised my son hasn't tried something like this yet except we do still have the camera in his room so we would notice eventually.

I stayed up reading all the time as a kid and my mom was understandably angry the few times she caught me haha. I don’t think it’s a big deal. I wish I could do that as an adult but I’ll just fall asleep in minutes.

I mean if a kid isn't reading at least somewhat during first grade, the student should be evaluated by the IEP team to see if it is a disability or something developmental. It's also why imo if a kid is on the cusp of K parents should keep their kids at home until their kid will be one of the oldest in their grade

You would be able to scare us away from supporting his desire to read even if you were trying to. We definitely know about taking care of our eyes though as my wife and I both have had eye issues so we are doing everything we can to be safe.

I mentioned previously that I was exaggerating to a point when I said that but I do truly believe reading milestones like this are unnecessary. Children should blossom into their reading at their own pace.

Levar Burton Reads helped me find several sci fi books that I've enjoyed. I usually stay away from the genre because it is so hit or miss, but after hearing him read some of the short stories, I looked into the authors and also enjoyed their full novels. Most notably, Octavia E. Butler

Absolutely!

Just read to her as often as you can. We have been reading to my son every night and more since the day he was born. We also have made it a point to limit technology and screen time for him. That's not to say he doesn't know his way saround technology, I'm an IT professional, our house if full of Alexa and computers and smart devices, he cracked the passcode on my wife's iPad when he was 4. That said, we never just put him in front of the TV or just handed him a iPad as a digital babysitter. He didn't play his first video game until this year (he is 8) and even then we started with Super Mario Bros on the NES which was my first video game at his age and his game time is limited to 2 hours per week total. When he is bored we usually tell him "OK, you can pick up your playroom or read a book." Guess which one he usually picks. His playroom hasn't been clean in months but at least the mess is contained.

We encourage reading and love buying home books, he always gets new books at Christmas, birthday, Easter and any other day we can find an excuse to buy them and trips to the bookstore are a regular anticipated family event for us. Just foster the love of reading in your daughter, read with her often, keep reading to and with her even after everyone says she should know how to read, ignore the school systems who might tell you they are behind for their age group and let the love and desire to read blossom when they are ready for it but no matter what keep reading with them. Despite his love of reading on his own, some of our most treasured moments are sitting down and reading together.

Brandon Sanderson.

What was misleading about the headline Time magazine used?

Except that this ruling isn't only about the emergency library it also targets controlled digital lending.