No 20 month old “teaches themselves to read”. I’m sure youre gifted and it’s obviously insane to join this discussion period (who am I to change your self identity) but today has been a day full of allowing too many delusional people to be delusional.
You certainly don't have to believe me, but that's what happened according to my mother. My mother was busy with my twin sister and didn't have time to read to me, so I would take all the Berenstain Bears books and sit down on the couch and try to sound them out. After a few weeks of that I told my mother that I didn't need her help because I could read now. She didn't believe me and had me read some other children's books - turns out I could.
