My daughter was a late talker - she talked when she was ready to talk - and hasn’t shut up since!! (she’s now 23 and I couldn’t ask for a better daughter).
My son read late - it was not until 5th grade that he really got the hang of it and to this day he is a slow reader.
I come from a family of scientists, chemists, physicists, doctors and university professors of engineering - the ALL told me they couldn’t read until they were around 10 years old and to let him be until he was ready to read. And that is exactly what I did - kid is now studying electrical engineering and computer science at a UC.
I wonder if it has something to do with engineers’ brain patterns?
Mine too. I have three engineers, all different disciplines though.
They are different, think differently from the rabble of which I am one.