For Some, It’s Deeper Than Being TiredWhy one wrong math answer made her stop reading to her son.
She helped him with his math.She got it wrong.It became his lowest grade of the year.So she stopped reading with him.
It wasn’t even a reading moment. But it made her feel like her voice didn’t matter—and that maybe she was holding him back.
This episode isn’t about math. It’s about what we’ve done to reading.And why tired is often just code for something deeper.
Key Topics:
The invisible shame many parents carry when it comes to reading
How we’ve trained families to believe reading is academic, not relational
What gets lost when we make reading about scores instead of story
Why I created The Listening Room—and what it’s really for
A personal moment I didn’t expect to uncover on air
Links:
🔹 What Do You Need Right Now? A quiet room for parents who feel far from readinghttps://readingtoconnect.com/what-do-you-need
🔹 ENGAGE Shared Reading Manifesto Not about performance. About presence.https://readingtoconnect.com/engaged-shared-reading/
🔹 Reading To Connect The movement. The method. The invitation.https://readingtoconnect.com/
📬 Connect: quinn@readingtoconnect.com
Because you're not the problem.
And it’s okay to begin again.
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