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[quote=Anonymous]It is clear from the responses of a lot of people here that many people have just never met the kids who do in fact pick up reading  just by being read to, so OP you can expect a some people to think it's cool and others to assume you did something horrid. Tell them to google neurotypical hyperlexia.

But like many others here, our experience was that most people were kind; only one person ever joked about flashcards (teacher's aid), but she was joking since she knew kids don't learn DS's level of fluency and comprehension from flashcards -- and DS was not the only precocious reader in his K class (luckily there were 5). Our pediatrician was appropriate too and did a quick eval to make sure we weren't dealing with spliter-skill hyperlexia: https://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/professional/savant-syndrome/resources/articles/hyperlexia-reading-precociousness-or-savant-skill/

I was most concerned about the "false praise syndrome" where people praised DS for his ability to read, when to him it was as if they praised him for learning to walk or talk or being born with pretty eyes. He has no more memory of learning to read than learning to talk and views it in much the same way. Even worse were friends (and grandparents) who treated it like a "stupid pet trick" and constantly asked DS to "perform." Ick. We didn't/couldn't hide the fact that he could read, but we didn't allow that sort of showcasing or false praise when we could help it without being rude.[/quote]

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