Ok I listened. Maybe time for some hard truths.
First, we live in an idiocracy where phonies are treated as experts and showered with largesse. Let's stop. Why do we keep trying to re-invent timeless verities that work?
Second, if you're not reading to your kids from a young age, you suck as a parent and have no business having ch…
First, we live in an idiocracy where phonies are treated as experts and showered with largesse. Let's stop. Why do we keep trying to re-invent timeless verities that work?
Second, if you're not reading to your kids from a young age, you suck as a parent and have no business having children. Sorry if truth hurts.
Third, and most important, there is no experience as rewarding as snuggling with your little one and reading to them before bedtime. And, trust me, nothing will hurt as much as when your youngest grows up to the point where they tell you they can read on their own and you just have to let go.
Fourth, more truth. This isn't an economic issue. My parents were economically marginalized. But my mom always read to the little ones and took us to the library or the bookmobile. In contrast, I had a busy law practice but made time to read to my kids. There's just no excuse. So stop making them. For yourselves and for others. This is not about race or economics. It's elemental
Bruce, the education system has been a disaster for decades. Most of the parents are also the victims of this system. Ten years from now, many of the students who haven't been taught to read will themselves be the parents of the next generation of failing students. And the teachers will still be blaming the parents for their failure to teach something so basic as reading.
Ok I listened. Maybe time for some hard truths.
First, we live in an idiocracy where phonies are treated as experts and showered with largesse. Let's stop. Why do we keep trying to re-invent timeless verities that work?
Second, if you're not reading to your kids from a young age, you suck as a parent and have no business having children. Sorry if truth hurts.
Third, and most important, there is no experience as rewarding as snuggling with your little one and reading to them before bedtime. And, trust me, nothing will hurt as much as when your youngest grows up to the point where they tell you they can read on their own and you just have to let go.
Fourth, more truth. This isn't an economic issue. My parents were economically marginalized. But my mom always read to the little ones and took us to the library or the bookmobile. In contrast, I had a busy law practice but made time to read to my kids. There's just no excuse. So stop making them. For yourselves and for others. This is not about race or economics. It's elemental
Bruce, the education system has been a disaster for decades. Most of the parents are also the victims of this system. Ten years from now, many of the students who haven't been taught to read will themselves be the parents of the next generation of failing students. And the teachers will still be blaming the parents for their failure to teach something so basic as reading.