Early reading develops a child’s imagination. When your child’s imagination is engaged, she is able to face tough things with a creative problem-solving ability.
She will be able to think well when the day comes that she has to make decisions without you. The tool for that is to open up her world to reading.
When he has to make his own decisions in Jr. High, the magical bullet to get him through may be his ability to think and imagine possibilities, which starts with reading.