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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This can't be real, can it?  You'd prevent your kid from reading in the car so he can be "more present?"  I hope you don't let him look out the windows, there are words everywhere out there.  [/quote]

Yes, it’s real. I just took him to lunch and he was trying to eat a sandwich and read a book in his lap. I asked him to put the book away so we could enjoy lunch and chat. You don’t think being present is an important skill for kids to practice? [/quote]

Thats completely different topic. Your kid is hyperlexic and likely using reading for escapism. The need to bring a book everywhere is also a crutch to signal that he doesnt want to interact socially.

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Stop making things up. Hyperlexia isn't just a kid who loves reading, it also refers to verbal and social deficits. If there are no deficits, there is no reason to pathologize the reading.

Some people are just very bookish. It's okay to have limits on it -- we don't let our kid eat at the dinner table or during certain family functions. But during a drive? Sitting in the back of a car while your parent runs errands is boring. It's the perfect place for a book, assuming it doesn't make you motion sick.[/quote]

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