You taught your child to smile... You did... You taught them by smiling at them. They copied your expression.

They saw your reaction to their smile, your joy. They saw you smiled when you were happy and they soon saw that smiling = happiness... or maybe it's more instinctual than that.
An instinct to communicate?

You taught your child to sit... You did... You taught them by sitting yourself. They saw you. You taught them by holding them upright as they built up those muscles. You taught them by catching them when they flopped (and occasionally NOT catching them when they flopped)... Or maybe it's more instinctual than that.
An instinct to be upright?

You taught your child to roll, and crawl and move... You did... You gave them items that looked exciting. Provided an environment they wanted to explore... Or maybe it's more instinctual than that.
An instinct to learn about the environment we're in?

You taught your child how to walk... You did... You walked in front of them. They saw how exciting it is to be mobile. You held their hands while they took those first wobbly steps. You clapped as they tried and cheered them on... Or maybe it's more instinctual than that.
An instinct to be mobile?

You taught your child how to talk... You did... You spoke to them and in front of them. They heard your words, gathered their meaning, slowly building a vocabulary... Or maybe it's more instinctual than that.
An instinct to REALLY communicate.

You taught them numbers, letters, animals... You taught them how to put on clothes, take them off, do their shoes. You taught them how to open doors, how to play... How to run and jump and have fun.

YOU taught THEM... or maybe that's all instincts. Environmental? Learning from the world we live in?

And then they turn five... And you're told that you need to send them to school to learn.
How can YOU possibly teach them?
You're not qualified to teach a child how to read and write and do maths.
Don't you want them to succeed?

I look at my children.
My son is reading well... Full pages of text now.
He learned.
He learned because I read to him, I read in front of him. I showed him words in our environment and I told him what they said.
Only a few weeks ago, my daughter could only read phonetically spelled words. Suddenly she is reading sentences.
... I did that... Maybe it's instinctual.
An instinct to communicate fully; to live in a literate world?

Don't question whether you are capable of teaching your own children... question putting your children into a system that made you feel incapable of teaching your own children!

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