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My happy, well-adjusted child absolutely could read, count, and do basic forms of math at the age of 4 years old. We were simply there as parents for her to bu
by IncRnd 6y ago
My happy, well-adjusted child absolutely could read, count, and do basic forms of math at the age of 4 years old. We were simply there as parents for her to buttress her curiosity and expose her to new concepts.
I recall how a friend of my wife once watched our daughter. We were both so incensed upon our return when we found our daughter glued to the television having watched cartoons like a zombie.
- Sunspark 6y agoAll work and no play makes daughter a dull girl. Don't be such tyrants, let her be a kid and do something different for a change.
- IncRnd 6y agoWhy would you believe that we raised our daughter as tyrants, never letting her play or do anything different, based upon your reading an Internet message and not asking a single question? > Yes, I am judging you, because you were incensed because she watched cartoons once. What a strange reading. We, plural, weren't incensed due to her watching a "cartoon once" but because she had been dumped in front of a television for hours without adult supervision, without interaction with her siblings or friends, without books or going outside, or anything else. Not everyone views dumping children alone in front of cartoons for hours on end to be a reward.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoIt's not a choice between learning and playing. Play is one of the primary ways young children learn things.