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Nature is quite fair in one respect: for every child on this planet a week has 168 hours. Spend time teaching your child reading and math, and some other childr
by cmarschner 11y ago
Nature is quite fair in one respect: for every child on this planet a week has 168 hours. Spend time teaching your child reading and math, and some other children will have learnt something else - climbing trees, using a bicycle, making friends, showing empathy. Parents should think of the opportunity costs when they push their kids into one direction only because they perceive a certain extra value in that.
- kalms 11y agoBut doing it before bedtime, before a meal... I don't see the harm in that. My daughters are genuinely interested in it and are looking forward to it. We practice the words and pronunciation; practice different letters. And then topped off with me reading a story. They know a big part of the alphabet now. Didn't hurt them one bit. And they're two. On the other hand, my son isn't interested at all. So I don't force it on him. I just read him a cool story about Iron Man & friends :-)