Parent Thought 4876

Prior to being a parent of reading aged children, I thought it would be great to cultivate a love of reading. Now, I don't care if they love it or not (that's their choice), but only that they can do it. 

Other belief: any child aged 4-5 can learn to read. It might be really tough, though.

Other belief: you cannot trust your school to teach your child to read. 

Bari Weiss podcast on the subject here.

Related thought: parental energy better spent teaching concrete skills, knowledge, and values than attempts to cultivate passions.