I'm so glad you've been able to come to peace with it. You're right, it's just kindergarten and I'm glad you are not going to stress about it anymore. He might also have been picking up on that stress.

I'm not surprised he's teaching himself to read - he just couldn't do it when he was working so hard to fit in at school.

Now, can I lock mine in that closet???

What I am is good enough, if I would only be it openly. ~Carl Rogers