Today’s post is short. Yes, you’re in the right place. (Hmph.) Here’s the gist in case even my short articles require a tl;dr: It doesn’t matter how other people’s kids are doing in Chinese. The Chinese levels of other people’s children have no bearing on your own child’s progress or abilities. That’s not why your kid is learning Chinese. Ignore the humble-braggy (and not so humble-braggy) posts about the fluent two year old who can recognize and write 300 Chinese characters while also reading chapter books in English. Yes, I am exaggerating. I am exaggerating because I know you’re wondering if I am thinking of someone or some people in particular. I am not. I know you know what I’m talking about. You’ve read posts along these lines and they make you feel like crap and wonder if any level of literacy or fluency is possible for your terribly normal…