# Go read my son's story!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523 "2002-06-29T03:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/1 "2002-06-29T03:25:03Z")
> **[(no title)](https://dominicgalen.livejournal.com/6244.html?delayedid=)** > > WUONES UPON A TIM THER WUIS A SNow MANon a matin a he Was SRANDID biy polrbar He wrote it _all by himself_ :::beaming with pride::: (he will be in 1st grade next year) ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/2 "2002-06-29T03:50:03Z")
Aw! That is so great! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/3 "2002-06-29T04:14:27Z")
Iā€™m trying to get him to write in his journal every day if possible over the summer to keep him reading and writing while he isnā€™t in school. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/4 "2002-06-29T04:14:28Z")
Cute kid! Keep encouraging the writing-- so many kids are afraid to touch pen to paper, and it will really pay off in the future. One of the highlights of my life was writing a little story in 2d grade (very low self-esteem) about a fat cat that ate everything and eventually the whole world, and a teacher liked it and had me re-copy it really large on this chunk of butcher paper, with pictures, and then put in up in a stairwell at school. I felt like a hero, momentarilly. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/5 "2002-06-29T04:28:51Z")
Oh, what wonderful teacher, capybara! I had a third grade teacher who used to ask me to write poems for her. Not for class, just because she said she liked them. It always made me feel good. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/6 "2002-06-29T04:55:22Z")
I had a teacher who read my poetry once, and then sent me to the school counselor :X ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/7 "2002-06-29T18:21:59Z")
Heā€™s obviously ā€œsold outā€ ā€” this story ends at such a natural place for a sequel. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/8 "2002-06-29T18:59:26Z")
ROFL!!! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/9 "2002-06-29T19:20:19Z")
**Opal** , thatā€™s a terrific way to encourage his writing and reading. May I add him to my friends list? Iā€™m a great proponent of writing, and I would be pleased to comment and encourage him myself. I remember my daughter, when she was three or four, dictating a story about a puppy or a hamster, or some little furry animal, named Cucumber. Sheā€™s a kick-ass writer now, at 17, so keep encouraging the boy! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/10 "2002-06-29T19:30:27Z")
Yes, please anyone who wants may add him to their friends list šŸ™‚ He LOVES getting responses to his journal. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/11 "2002-06-29T21:15:25Z")
Hehā€¦ I remember when I was around that age. I made up stories (complete with illustrations) about a family of goats that just happened to be part of a royal family. šŸ™‚ Picture crowns on top of a goatā€™s horns. šŸ™‚ Great way to encourage your son in reading and writing, **Opal**. As long as heā€™s having fun with it, and the people around him keep telling him he can do it, then heā€™ll be happy. (as well as retaining those skills over the summer and into the new school year) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/12 "2002-06-29T21:50:09Z")
What I love about him doing the livejournal as opposed to on paper is he gets (almost) instant gratification from other people giving him attention for what he wrote. I think that is a great incentive. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/13 "2002-06-29T21:55:49Z")
What I love about him doing the livejournal as opposed to on paper is he gets (almost) instant gratification from other people giving him attention for what he wrote. I think that is a great incentive. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/14 "2002-06-29T22:18:25Z")
When I was in grade school, like the 2nd or 3rd grade I wrote a story called ā€œThe Sleepyhead Bunnyā€ and it was about the Easter Bunny sleeping in and missing Easter. It was published in the paper with all the other stories from the class but instead of putting my name they put Barbie (insert my last name here). Apparently when you write messy enough Bailie can turn into Barbie. :-\ Keep encouraging him, you never know what may come of it. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/15 "2002-06-30T01:16:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*Yes, please anyone who wants may add him to their friends list šŸ™‚ He LOVES getting responses to his journal. \*\* Okey-doke. Heā€™s on my friendā€™s list. And OF COURSE he loves getting responses to his journal. I do. Doesnā€™t everyone??!! ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/16 "2002-06-30T03:35:46Z")
Cuteā€¦ what is koking though? Colour me confusedā€¦ šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/17 "2002-06-30T03:54:34Z")
I think it might mean ā€œcookingā€. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/18 "2002-06-30T03:58:43Z")
Yes, cooking. He is learning to sound out words! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/19 "2002-06-30T11:57:23Z")
Keep encouraging the use of Inventive Spelling, Opal. Itā€™s a much misunderstood, often unjustly maligned teaching tool. Used correctly, though, itā€™s an effective and valid writing technique. Just donā€™t ignore proper spellingā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523/20 "2002-06-30T12:35:28Z")
What a great forum, Opalcat, for your son to learn how to write! I only wish that there had been some kind of forum or outlet like this when I was a kid. May his literary career strive to greater heights! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-read-my-sons-story/116523.md?page=2)