I haven't properly read most of his material yet, but one thing that may be relevant for some children -- kids manage emotion, questions of agency and fairness, differently when they're younger.
My wife and I taught our eldest daughter to read starting around 3 or so (not as young as in this article, but still on the early side). She's now 6, and quite good at sounding out any words she doesn't know, but sometimes gets really furious at the spelling of many English words. She wants rules that she can apply consistently, and (of course) English just... doesn't have those.
Present vs. past tense of "read", anyone? Lead (plumbum) vs. lead (guide) vs. led? Even words like "Once" and "only" can get her to scowl (she knows how "on" is pronounced... you've only added an "s" or "ly" sound to the end!)
It's a source of tension, because she'd rather believe we're wrong than accept that the language is so sadly inconsistent. :/
My wife and I taught our eldest daughter to read starting around 3 or so (not as young as in this article, but still on the early side). She's now 6, and quite good at sounding out any words she doesn't know, but sometimes gets really furious at the spelling of many English words. She wants rules that she can apply consistently, and (of course) English just... doesn't have those.
Present vs. past tense of "read", anyone? Lead (plumbum) vs. lead (guide) vs. led? Even words like "Once" and "only" can get her to scowl (she knows how "on" is pronounced... you've only added an "s" or "ly" sound to the end!)
It's a source of tension, because she'd rather believe we're wrong than accept that the language is so sadly inconsistent. :/