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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for sharing this, OP. My kid is one of the Harry Potter in second grade kids. We realized somewhat belatedly in upper elementary that she had been unintentionally making some of her friends feel bad because she was always talking about the books she had read. And occasionally if a friend was reading a book like Harry Potter in 5th grade, DD would mention how long ago she read the book. I think DD was so excited and proud of herself that she didn’t understand the impact of her words. DD struggles in various other ways, including with social cues and sports, and has ADHD, so we have worked with her to understand that this is like when kids are much more talented athletes and she has to work very hard to just be average, and usually she can’t even get to the point of average. All of this is to say, I’m sorry there are kids like my kid and parents like me out there who are not realizing the impact of strong reading on other kids. For one friend in particular, I really wish the mom had said something to me sometime along the way because we could have worked on this earlier. But I get why she didn’t want to say anything — she may not have felt like I’d really understand. [/quote]

In fairness, I read the books after earning my doctoral degree. ;-)[/quote]

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