In “Parent-Teacher Conference Day,” a stressed-out mom of two has to fit a conference with a teacher about how to help her seven-year-old learn to read into an already busy day and already busy life. She fights her mom guilt and wonders if all of it is her fault.
In “The Old Family Problem,” a man remembers his father who couldn’t read and endures his own struggles with reading before his son is finally diagnosed with dyslexia and he can begin to understand what his family has struggled with for generations.
