"In September, I received a message from my third-grade son’s school that he was reading at second-grade level...
...About two months ago, I had just finished reading a story to my 6-year-old son who shares a bedroom with his older brother. I went to flick the light off when my older son said something I’d never heard before.
- “Can I read for just ten more minutes,” he pleaded, showing me his book on pro football players...
- “They’re doing a reading competition at school. It's boys against girls,” she said. “Every minute he reads is now added to their score. So now he wants to read—because it’s a competition.”...
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