Jispa has been reading a lot these days. She recently finished the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. Awesome achievement considering she is only 7 years old. It is a 225 page book. I think that’s quite something.
But the dad in me is a bit worried. We don’t change over all these years do we?
But why on earth am I worried?
I am worried that while she is reading more than her age suggests, she might be skipping words. This way while she might follow the entire story, the habit of skipping words you don’t understand is not exactly a good thing to do.
Yesterday she was reading ‘diary of a Wimpy kid’. The book is recommended for 9+. So I made her read it aloud. One line said – and rocky primitive mind said… I asked her if she understood what ‘primitive mind’ is. She replied ‘smart mind’. There, issues in my book. So while I was happy she is reading a lot but, I told her to be sure of what she reads and ask for what she does not understand.
So that’s daddying. Keep a close watch on everything. Big daddy is actually big brother. But I find it so ironic that even good things need to be regulated. That reminds me of an age old maxim that ‘if it’s too good to be true, it’s too good to be true.’
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