Hello.

Hey, Merlin. How are you?

I'm great, Dan. How are you?

Pretty good. Pretty good.

It's just another Tuesday in August.

And the internet's down and up and down.

Does your daughter have a lot to read?

Is she reading required to read a lot?

Uh, slightly tricky question.

She loves to read.

She does not have much assigned reading.

And this year, even as homework goes way up,

they're not making them do a reading log, which is great news.

So no, the biggest pain in our house is math.

Yeah, math is math.

Math is something both my kids reject, but this year, my son,

who's in fifth grade, like your daughter, has, in the past,

he's always been like encouraged to read or, you know, please, please read.

And he's very, very, very verbal.

He started speaking very early at like six months and sentences.

That's amazing.

My daughter started talking almost a month ago.

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