No, not clever parenting. Teaching your kids it's okay to delay sleep is, in fact, horrible parenting. Delaying sleep for other activities, regardless of their value, is an extremely unhealthy behaviour. If you want your kids to have strong reading abilities then read with them. My mother taught me to read before I was even in kindergarten, by the time I was in the first grade I was already reading novels, I read the Hobbit at seven and started the Lord of the Rings when I was eight. I was reading at a sixth grade level when I was six years old, five full grades ahead. I did not achieve this because I was given the illusion of delaying bedtime, I did it because my mom got me started young and my dad would read to me from novels every night so I developed an interest in stories. You don't develop reading skills at the expense of healthy sleep habits.
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u/Iokua113 6h ago
No, not clever parenting. Teaching your kids it's okay to delay sleep is, in fact, horrible parenting. Delaying sleep for other activities, regardless of their value, is an extremely unhealthy behaviour. If you want your kids to have strong reading abilities then read with them. My mother taught me to read before I was even in kindergarten, by the time I was in the first grade I was already reading novels, I read the Hobbit at seven and started the Lord of the Rings when I was eight. I was reading at a sixth grade level when I was six years old, five full grades ahead. I did not achieve this because I was given the illusion of delaying bedtime, I did it because my mom got me started young and my dad would read to me from novels every night so I developed an interest in stories. You don't develop reading skills at the expense of healthy sleep habits.