One thing I really want to do with my daughters is not pressure them to fly through school as fast as they can to “prove” how “smart” they are. I had teachers and my own mother push me to read things above my reading level to “challenge” me and that left me without stories I actually enjoyed, not to mention feeling overwhelmed with guilt for not learning things as fast as they liked.
My kids are gonna learn at a modest pace, unless something truly does amaze them and they fly through it naturally as a matter of course. I can’t wait to homeschool them and watch them grow their own way. They deserve it.
This funny because it was the opposite for me. I read to fast and to far above my reading level. My school wouldn’t let me read what I wanted or even let me bring outside books to school. If kids are passionate about something try and feed that passion,but don’t push them into something
^Exactly! Let the child set the pace.
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