You are not “jamming” up your kid by reading to them. Reading to them is probably one of the most important things you can do to begin their journey towards literacy, and during it.
Connecting the words they hear as you read to what they see on the page is an important early step. You don’t need any academic training - just read to them.
> Many other parents would prefer to teach their kids different things about how to live a life.
Reading and writing are probably among the most important skills you can teach your child in order for them to fully participate in modern societies.
There’s a difference between reading to your kids and “enforcing reading-time at home for school mandated reading”.
I absolutely agree that reading and writing are critical skills. In fact, I think they’re so critical that we should demand that professional educators teach children how to do it.
They are so critical I would not solely trust someone else to do it, unless you are supremely confident in their ability.
children should have lots of opportunities to read, at home too. but i think the scientific consensus is that required homework is not as beneficial as once thought.