That’s a shame with the 9 year-old; I hope she picks it up at some point.
The “Anglo scribe” position is increasing in visibility in my area because there is literally an evacuation of Americans; many “Anglos” you meet have an accent (usually Eastern European) - which is fine (my wife is a foreigner), but most won’t be proofreading anything. At this point the spelling errors on our news programs are increasing in frequency.
I hope she does and her brother does too. Sad.
I haven’t seen the areas of evacuation in MA like you describe (it probably exists in cities like Lawrence and Lowell, but I have zero reason to go to either place), but I can see what you mean. It’s just tragic what’s happened/happening to this country.