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We spent YEARS, hours every night, working with our son, helping him learn to read. It wasn’t much fun at times. But we did it. Finally, I created something that helped, and 2 days into Grade 4 he was bumped UP to Grade 5 because he had caught up with his peers.

Over the years, as I’ve taught this program to hundreds and thousands of other students, we’ve seen exactly the same results EXCEPT WHEN the child’s parent(s) attend the class with them! Because the parents keep leaning over and doing everything they can for their child. We don’t want them to hurt. We don’t want them frustrated. And so, the very clear message we give them is, “You can’t do this on your own. Here let me do it for you!” No we aren’t helping. We are doing for them!

We get really used to helping our kids. We don’t want them so frustrated that they give up trying. The problem is that sometimes we never wean ourselves off helping! My nephew, who is only one year older than my son, had an even harder time learning to read. He attended my Read to Your Potential class on his own. He had GREAT results! He went from a functional reading rate of almost 0, to a functional reading rate of over 400. At that time, he was about 14 years old. BUT his mom didn’t help him practice when he got home. They continued the pattern they were used to. Today that young man is 22 years old. At Christmas, my sister leaned over and helped him add up some numbers for a game we were playing.

I love my children. I want to be friends with them as adults. I want to enjoy them and hopefully they enjoy me! And I guess I decided a long time ago that my job was to raise happy, productive adults who contributed in a positive way to our society. I never wanted them to be dependent upon me. I wanted they to feel good about themselves. I wanted and want them to enjoy their own path in life — not live a path I have decided they need to live nor a path I wish I had lived.

Look at your child. No matter how old he or she is, s/he is far, far more capable than we could ever imagine.

Help me with some examples! Here are some from our life: my children were doing the dishes at 5 years old (we, delightfully, have a picture of each one of them doing the dishes naked – because they would get soaked and strip off their clothing — can anyone say “Wedding Picture!”) Each of them took turns cooking breakfast for a whole week when they were 10 years old – NO, cold cereal doesn’t count as cooking! They made waffles, scrambled eggs, toast, bacon, sausages, etc.

How old are your kids and what are they capable of doing? Please, let me know!