"Mom, the other kids at school were laughing at me today. They said I was reading 'baby books,'" my daughter sobbed. Thus began my initiation into the world of reading disabilities, dyslexia, reading tutors, reading programs, reading strategies, reading practices, and reality My daughter Hailey was seven and in 2nd grade when my literacy IQ was tested. Hailey was our firstborn; my husband and I were unaware she was behind in reading. We had no one and nothing to compare her progress to. As responsible parents, we had done everything parents are supposed to: we read to her from birth, we had Hailey read her weekly practice books that came home from school, we were both readers, and for heaven's sake, I was a middle school English teacher. Of course,…
