[CharlesWayneCT]

A 7-year-old should be in 2nd grade. 5 year olds are in kindergarten, and a well-trained child will be reading by age 3.

[fr_freak]

A 7-year-old should be in 2nd grade. 5 year olds are in kindergarten, and a well-trained child will be reading by age 3.

A well-trained child reading by age 3? That would, indeed, be a well-trained child, but certainly not even close to the norm. Most kids can't actually read until 1st grade, at which point they would be 6 - 7 years old in most cases.

However, this is all irrelevant to the question as to whether lack of reading skill in a 7 year old is grounds for the government to kidnap a child. I would think most sane people would say no.