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Sweetie, you missed the point.  The point was that I didn't push my child--we just read and read to her and gave her lots of opportunities to use her imagination.  That was why she did so well.  It was not a horse race and the point is that "challenging" your K child to read Harry Potter may not be appropriate and may not mean that she will achieve great things.  Meanwhile, some of the kids whose moms were pushing and pushing found that their kids did not later keep up.  Like I said, I taught school and I saw some kids who had been pushed.  Occasionally, if it came naturally, you'd have a kid who was highly gifted--and those kids could not be held back if you tried.
On the other hand, parents who constantly push their very young children may find that the kids are missing out on other opportunities.  You know, missing the forest for the trees.
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Did I say I was pushing DD to read Harry Potter? No. So please don't twist my words.  I just want her to read books of her level and not the ABCs.

If you are educated in this area you probably have heard of Vygotsky's theory of proximal development.[/quote]

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