I&#x27;ve read that introducing your children to more vocabulary is really valuable (a good starting point: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;literacy.rice.edu&#x2F;thirty-million-word-gap" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;literacy.rice.edu&#x2F;thirty-million-word-gap</a>).  Given this, instead of aggressively teaching my next child how to read, I plan on spending more time reading works that I can understand to them.  The author kept on mentioning &#x27;decoding&#x27; rather than &#x27;understanding&#x27;, and it is possible that understanding at an early age is more important than decoding.<p>My first child was reading pretty early, but only developed good comprehension recently (age 11-12).  Despite the fact that they could read rapidly and clearly out loud without pauses, they were missing the meaning of what they were reading.  I don&#x27;t know how to avoid this, but I&#x27;m hoping that simply introducing more words early on will help to alleviate this problem.<p>Raising children well is hard.  There are lots of wrong ways, but also many right ways.  I constantly worry that I&#x27;m setting up my child for years of therapy or failure.