[zwieback]

Do you have more than one kid? One of mine learned reading super easily, the other struggled. Both of them do very well in high school now.

I don't think one approach fits all and I'm certain teachers are sick of being told they are doing this or that wrong. My advice: leave the kids and teachers alone, they'll figure it out.

[antirez]

Yep, I've a son which is 17, similar experience. However the fact he was so gifted in almost everything made him extremely lazy and non interested in anything as a teenager... I hope this will change.

[balls187]

Which child performs better, the first born or second?

When I was a child, my parents worked on phonetics with me, and encouraged me to work with my sister on hers. She didn't perform as well academically as I did, but now that we're in our mid/late thirties, that discrepancy is nothing but a footnote.

[zwieback]

First one had a harder time reading. Once she discovered the "Warriors" series there was no stopping her, though.