Thanks all so nice to see that #1 we are not alone, and #2 I'm not a crazy tiger mom. I like all of these ideas and will put them into practise immediately. Our local library has an amazing scheme in place for 5 year olds (so she is too young) where kids can read to dogs! how cool is that. Anyway Dude I think your on the money - your dd sounds just like mine, and that's exactly what I'm afraid of.