I hope these parents are enjoying this glory. Who cares if she can READ. Can she pee and poop on the potty? That's the BIG question, kid. When your parents can teach you THAT, then I'll be impressed.
These parents have been all over the news circuits raving about their kid who can read at 17 months old. But it's not like they are dropping big words on her like: Republican, or Pneumonia. Big woop - she can spell Happy. C'mon That's so easy: H-A-P-P-Y. If she can read, that means her parents can't spell stuff out. They'll NEVER make it. And another thing, if she can read at 17 months, what the hell will she be able to wow us with at 27 months? Now, if she could do the laundry AND the dishes. THAT would be earning her keep and noteworthy.
MY kids can pee and poop on the potty...ON QUEUE. ANNNNNDDD, I taught Lucy how to vacuum yesterday. AND Max can totally dunk on this kid. So there.
All I'm sayin, is at 17, she'll be a drug addict. But atleast she'll be able to read the labels she's stealing out of her mommy's medicine cabinet.
That's how I roll.
There is a disorder called Hyperlexia which I would swear this kid has. These kids can read War and Peace by age 3 and not understand a damn thing they read. I saw these parents on the news too, and they are going to 'consult professionals' on what to do next.
How bout this for a professional opinion: Let your kid TRY to be normal instead of getting into Harvard next semester. Hmmm..
Yes, they have to experience a few days of life before they can grasp what they've read. However, start teaching them how to sort their dirty clothes and fold and put away their own clean clothes. Then as soon as they can reach the washer and dryer contols (any moment now), teach them what's what and give them their licenses.
This kid recognizes shapes of words, she can't READ. Just like showing a 17 month old a picture of a ball and the kid says "ball". If you showed the same kid pictures of the word ball instead, soon the kid would say ball when you show her that word. Oh well.. her parents have gotten their 5 minutes of fame, now they can go back to teaching their kid more circus tricks.