+326 Those "Your Baby Can Read" commercials piss me off. I have Hydrocelaphus and I wasn't verbal until I was 4 years old. I learned sign language. I was in speech therapy. I speak very good English. I'm in a regular English class and I might be moved up a level. Just because your kid can read at a young age, it doesn't make them special. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even though I think the commercials are kinda stupid,I don't think they're trying to imply every baby who doesn't hit a certain milestone is stupid. That might be reading a little too deep into it. Seriously, I couldn't talk properly or coherently until I was 8.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Heck, I didn't speak AT ALL until I was four, when I suddenly started using complete sentences, and now I'm reading stuff my English teacher has trouble with.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i know right? knowing to read at all should be good enough. what is a baby going to get from learning to read? extra stress at an early age, maybe, not much else.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does make them special....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Most parents see those commercials and think that it will deeply impact their child's future. My brother somehow figuered out how to read when he was around two, but everybody caught up to him. Reading at an early age isn't that much of an advantage.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Is it bad that i laughed at first when i read this, and then i found out you were serious..? LOL

by Anonymous 13 years ago

bitch

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I heard that those things don't actually help. Like, at all. Infants get absolutely no benefit from things like that. It makes sense, too. Kids who are adopted when they're little don't remember their parents, so how the hell are they going to retain academic information?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY!" Um, no. I can read and I didn't have that. Gawd, I hate those commercials.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate those commercials, mostly because the little 1-year-old girl always shows me up by reading Charlotte's Web when my first book was the Foot Book by Dr. Seuss when I was 2...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate those kids. My 1-year old cousin was talking about the ending of crime and punishment, and I was like: hey spoiler alert!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You really don't need to add your life story in your post.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think its better if a child learns when they're supposed too, not as an infant because children don't get to be kids that long anymore. They always feel the need to be cooler than others so they try and act more "mature". And besides, isn't it more adorable if a kid is looking at a book making up their own little story based on the pictures than a child actually reading at an age that's way to young?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It really doesn't help to learn so young. What would really help is if we read books that were actually interesting

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think parents should teach children love of reading at a young age by reading to them and eventually teaching them when they're old enough. But quizzing one year olds with flash cards isn't going to make them actually enjoy books.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You "speak very good English"? Don't you mean "I speak English well"?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well everyone has skills of their own. Yes, your'e right. I'm not saying reading isn't important, but some people will be good at reading, some writing, some even music or art or free speech. Anything, in fact! I feel some take school subjects too seriously. You might be the next DaVinci and suck at reading!

by Anonymous 11 years ago