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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid gets more screen time than I anticipated pre-kids. However, he also started reading at 3, adds, subtracts, and multiplies at 5. We monitor what he watches and spend lots of daily one-on-one time; travel often; and enroll him in activities and experiences. All of this to say, balance and spending time with a kid helps, but there is no clear cut way to parent. Do as you see fit with your child. It’s not one size fits all.[/quote]

Reading early is not an indicator of good parenting. It's just your kid's brain (and you may want to watch out for reading deficits as kids that learn to read early are often memorizing whole words instead of sounding out letters)[/quote]

They aren’t memorizing. There’s a name for it and it involves being on the spectrum.  I wrote before that my niece could read at age 3 and I mean she could read anything.  Complete news articles with words she had never seen before so no memorizing.  If the three year old is reading Dr Seuss books or something similar that would be memorizing.

There was no need for her to be taught phonics or anything and eventually the other kids caught up.  It has nothing to do with screens.  [/quote]

Some are. My friend is brilliant and tells me she has trouble reading though she was a very early reader. Because she just memorized words, she doesn't naturally sound them out..
But agree this is irrelevant to this thread's discussion about the impact of screens on brains.[/quote]

This is what I was talking about  -

“If a child is reading at three years old, it's likely a sign of a condition called "hyperlexia," which means they have an unusually advanced reading ability for their age can be a characteristic of autism spectrum disorder “

If a child can pick up a novel like War and Peace and read it fluently they did not memorize those words.  That’s what my three year old niece was able to do.   She actually has two siblings with severe autism.  One is unable to speak.  Her being on the spectrum wasn’t seen until college age because she didn’t have any unusual behaviors or problems.

I think it’s relevant because some think if you only keep your child off “screens” they will be early readers and so gifted.  That’s not it.

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Actually it’s not.  Mine read at three. We worked with them in reading. [/quote]

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