Sitting on your knee watching you read and write has an awful lot to do with a precocious child's wanting to learn. You and Mrs Kuan gave him two things, a suite of genes that define his potential and your love for your child, from which he will learn to love things outside of himself.

Much of the rest your child will learn from emulation. You love reading and writing? I'll bet Mr & Mrs Kuan both read a lot on your own and also to the little Kuanlet.

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