> I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. I got glasses before kindergarten, and I needed them for longer than that.

> I was told reading was my problem too...except I was only nearsighted in one eye. I got glasses before kindergarten, and I needed them for longer than that. Later on, I did end up spending a lot of time in childhood reading, but I was myopic before I could read. ‘Explanations’ like ‘you read too much’ have always struck me as obvious nonsense in my case.