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My mother taught me to read.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

I wasn't really comfortable reading until I was 12.

Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time.

I was a reader as a child, believe it or not.

I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.

I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.

I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.

I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were.