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[quote=Anonymous]I couldn't read until the beginning of second grade.  My parents were freaking out, but my teachers just told them to relax because everyone learns to read eventually and the main thing was not to stress me out.  Thankfully, my parents listened, and eventually something clicked.  Within weeks I went from not reading to reading at grade level, and have since gone on to become a voracious reader with two ivy league degrees.  I feel very fortunate to have gone to my small, nurturing elementary school -- it didn't have the same academic reputation as some of the other schools where I grew up, but it gave me the space and the time to learn and never made me feel bad about the fact that I was behind for a while.  I remember a friend who went to much more prestigious school when he was young, and he had vivid memories of how badly he felt about himself in first grade because he was struggling academically - and, for the record, that academic stress did not motivate him or turn him into a star student.  If anything, it created insecurity that lasted through high school and beyond.  So the best advice I can give you is take a step back and think about whether this situation is stressful for your child and whether the additional teaching and tutoring is increasing that stress or decreasing it.  If it's increasing the stress, I'd back off a bit and give him some time to figure it out.  Good luck.[/quote]

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