[nice2meetu]

Now that they are at school, there is always an emphasis on us as parents taking an active role in reading with them and encouraging them at home.

I can see now how this was taken given the way I wrote it.. I believe the intention was more "Don't pressure your kids and stress yourself trying to get them to read before even starting school". An example of kids being confused was being taught the upper-case alphabet, whereas the school starts in lower-case. But I don't think the advice was meant to be anti-intellectual.

[analog31]

When my oldest brother was a preschooler, my mom attended a meeting at school for parents of preschoolers. They specifically told her: "Do not attempt to teach your child to read, you will do it wrong." Also, she tried to find out the right way, and was rebuffed. She sensed bullshit, and taught us to read at home.

[toast0]

> I believe the intention was more "Don't pressure your kids and stress yourself trying to get them to read before even starting school".

Yeah, I think this is actually the right approach. A lot of children will learn reading without specific training if you read picture books with them in your lap and they're looking at the pictures and the letters. If they do, that's great; if they don't, that's fine too. Structured reading practice and development can happen later.