Author, and maybe editor, are grossly inflating parents concern and commitment to their childrens education.
If the parent or parents are semi-literate the child has no model for learning. And will have no reading material beyond micro-wave meal packaging and 40 oz malt liquor labels. By the time first grade rolls around too many have been conditioned to look upon natural curiosity as a quality to avoid or hide deeply. Next time a recycle truck passes by, ask the crew how many newspapers or magazines they collect from poor neighborhoods.
“By the time first grade rolls around too many have been conditioned to look upon natural curiosity as a quality to avoid or hide deeply.”
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The lack of curiosity is the first thing that strikes me about most kids now. When I was a child any kind of noise that we did not hear regularly brought an instant “What’s that” reaction from us. Now a bulldozer could come through the yard at full throttle and unless it pushed a tree down on top of the house most kids would not even notice.