will accept my input when she's "reading" only if she has approached me and asked a question about the book.
My DS12 wasn't like that in reading (he had some visual developmental delays and refused to read at all - only wanted me to read to him, for hours, books that I had no idea were 'too hard' for him- Phantom tollbooth at age 3, etc) but he was like that in Math, and still pretty much is like that in general. Apparently I broadcast what I consider to be useful information 24/7, and he would prefer to be given only what he wants to know 'right now.' I think it's just a personality type.
I stay sane by keeping the old saying: 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.' front and center in my mind. Really, I like that he always had 'a personality' or a 'mind of his own' and this seemed pretty normal to me, but shocked everyone else.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
