Probably hormones
Sep. 11th, 2009 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheI feel like such a bad mother. Bad parent. Bad mother. I'm not sure which is worse.
Today, it's because as far as I know neither of my children can read. Other people tell me Linnea can but I've had limited evidence of that myself, and less and less of late, as she practices writing instead. I mean, they are three and five, so not reading isn't all that unusual, except that I think perhaps EVERYONE I know could read before they were five and so could all their children.
Also, I know children younger than Emer who count better, which proves I have neglected her and don't count things enough, not like we did with Linnea.
Presumably this will all feel better in a few days when I stop being so pimply and tired.
Today, it's because as far as I know neither of my children can read. Other people tell me Linnea can but I've had limited evidence of that myself, and less and less of late, as she practices writing instead. I mean, they are three and five, so not reading isn't all that unusual, except that I think perhaps EVERYONE I know could read before they were five and so could all their children.
Also, I know children younger than Emer who count better, which proves I have neglected her and don't count things enough, not like we did with Linnea.
Presumably this will all feel better in a few days when I stop being so pimply and tired.
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Date: 2009-09-12 08:49 pm (UTC)In fact, none of our kids could read before they were five. Two of them learned to write before they could read and then used the writing to teach themselves reading, so even if your friends are wrong and Linnea can't read yet, she may well be in the process of teaching herself. (The third was C, who taught himself to read by learning to decode the names of Formula 1 drivers in TV captions.)