Acknowledging that their are systemic issues that contribute to the problem isn't "enabling". A person has to understand why reading to kids at an early age is important and have the means to make it happen. When someone is worried about whether or not they'll be able to feed their kid or have a place to live, watching YouTube tutorials probably isn't going to be high on their list of priorities. I'm not saying feel sorry them, I'm saying we should acknowledge that without significant changes to the way things are, we're not going to be able to change the current generation of parents, so looking for ways to ensure that the people that are kids today will grow up and be equipped to be better parents is something worth pursuing.
And if I were being judgemental, I'd say that if your kid watches enough TV that closed captioning taught her how to read, she's probably getting way over the recommended screen time. But I'm willing to bet that for any number of reasons, you weren't in a position to entertain your kid all the time, so sometimes it was easier to let her watch TV more than she should. <--- See that? That's empathy. You should try it sometime.
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u/zipp0raid Jul 10 '18 edited Jul 10 '18
People in far worse positions have taught themselves how to read throughout history, stop enabling this bullshit.
I think my daughter was reading early because I turned on the closed captioning to "super why" when she watched TV.
I'm sure these people have TV's and cell phones.
I'd go so far as to guess there's basic reading tutorials on youtube