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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp here who focused on kindness and reading. Yes, one of our kids does have dyslexia. He had a longer road to learning to read- and to learning to read for information he needed and for pleasure. So I get that. It's not an easy path. He did benefit as much as the other kids by being read aloud to through fifth grade. That was very helpful to his ability to read and to his love for reading.

I do get your concern about dyslexia and I do agree that many people do not understand it. I apologize if I came across as close-minded. I agree that many kids and adults with dyslexia do not develop a love of reading. Point well taken. Thank you.

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Thanks!  I appreciate your response.  I know I came off as nasty.  I'm sorry about that. It is a sore spot for me.  I wish my DD loved to read!  And I worry about her  . . . a lot.  FWIW,  I also hate when I read about how kids from higher SES homes are better readers, when they tell you the best thing you can do to make your child a reader is read to them,  etc.  I did everything I was supposed to, yet she struggles so much to read and she really hates it.  She does love to be read to, though, and she loves audio books, so that's something, I guess.  [/quote]

Dislexic mom, My brother had related reading disabilities and grew to love books through being read to (books on tape, bbc radio dramas, and whatever other format came along). Not the same and not until his twenties, but not nothing either.
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