Kelly Clarkson brought to tears after revealing daughter is being bullied for her dyslexia

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about her daughter's bullying struggles.

Speaking with Henry Winkler - aka The Fonz, on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the Because of You signer revealed her daughter River was experiencing difficulties due to having dyslexia and "getting bullied."

?"I was driving my daughter to school yesterday, and she's dyslexic," Clarkson, 40, said of River, eight. The Year Two student was reportedly bullied because she wasn't able to read to the same level as her peers.

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"And you have told me that you're dyslexic as well. I find that amazing, to tell my daughter that you've written like 40 books and you're dyslexic."

Winkler wasted no time in sending a message to River, who is among the estimated one in five people [in the US] to have the condition. ?

"She's part of the tribe!" he said. "River! How you learn has nothing to do with how brilliant you are."

His message moved Clarkson to tears, as she thanked him for being such a strong role model for River, to show her she could still be highly successful despite her dyslexia. ?

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that can make reading and spelling difficult, however has no impact on a person's intelligence.

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Clarkson, who shot to fame after winning the inaugural season of American Idol, opened up to Variety last year about why she makes it a priority to share her feelings with River and son Remington, seven.

Especially since her divorce from their father, Brandon Blackstock?, in 2020.

"I think the most important thing I've learned in therapy, especially through this divorce, is 'Don't hide everything from your kids. Obviously, don't talk about stuff that you shouldn't talk about, but it's okay if they see you cry, or it's okay if they see you've had a bad day,' " she told Variety.

"You start to feel that kind of shame, like, 'I've got to put my best foot forward as a mom because I don't want them to be affected.' But then you allow your kids to express empathy, and they learn how to say, 'Oh, man, I'm sorry you had a hard day.' "

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