I remember my father reading Curious George with/to me when I was a young child. This was probably why I have never had any issues reading.
Hard to believe, I grew up in California schools. I, along with most of my 6th grade class, tested at 12th grade reading level. As a class, we read books like Animal Farm and the Count of Monte Cristo. A favorite of mine for nearly 60 years.
My last post & then I’ll stop for awhile 😜. Many, if not most of us, were brought up being read to, reading to others, going to the library to pick out books.....making us love & enjoy reading. As a retired teacher I saw way too many kids whose parent (s) were not readers & NO reading was fostered at home. Combine that with some almost non existent parenting & voila...no reading skills & no seed planted to become a reader. Those instances were always heartbreaking.