No question that good reading skills pay off in adulthood. The crux of the issue for me is how much he can really improve? My understanding is that DS' struggles with reading and writing are part of his brain wiring. I have never let him use audiobooks yet and his reading improvement has been only incremental. DH, who also struggles with reading, has never used audiobooks and is the slowest, most plodding reader I have ever known. He also hates it.
So if I make him follow along will the quantum of improvement really be worth the time and struggle involved? Handwriting work with DS does not produce enough noticeable improvement to justify the time (and the angst) involved. If it really produces marked results I will heave a sigh and be the bad guy again.
