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Slattery has dyslexia, a reading disorder that persists despite good schooling and normal or even above-average intelligence. It's a handicap that affects up to 1 in 5 schoolchildren. Yet the exact nature of the problem has eluded doctors, teachers, parents and dyslexics themselves since it was first described more than a century ago. Indeed, it is so hard for skilled readers to imagine what it's like not to be able to effortlessly absorb the printed word that they often suspect the real problem is laziness or obstinacy or a proud parent's inability to recognize that...
There is no reason to assume that the public school system, despite its myriad problems, isn't up to the task. But it's a sad fact of life, particularly in larger or cash-starved institutions, that many kids fall through the cracks. A parent may have to keep up the pressure on the child's school district. Unfortunately, some have had to sue to get results. In extreme cases, parents can be reimbursed for private schooling, as two unanimous decisions by the Supreme Court, in 1985 and 1993, have made clear. (For help finding the right program for your...
...answer: give them time together, preferably in an idyllic setting, and limit outside interference--we're talking parents, if you haven't guessed. "Kids feel a huge sense of security when they know someone else--besides a parent--is there for them," Kornhaber says. And there's an added benefit: they also tend to behave better when Mom and Dad aren't around...
...enhance the very important role we have in our grandkids' lives," says Abler. "We have the opportunity to have fun with them, to listen when they need a place to empty their feelings and to impart our wisdom. We can be totally relaxed in a way that a parent cannot be." And--if it isn't stating the obvious--you can also hand them back to Mom and Dad when camp is over...
...Accompanying the Rehnquist story was an item about the 2002 school-voucher decision, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris. We said the court's ruling held that "a government program does not obstruct freedom of religion if aid goes directly to the student or parent, who then chooses a school." The issue involved was whether the voucher program violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, the guarantee that the government will not establish a religion but will maintain the separation of church and state...