• RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    The charity is only for children up to the age of 5. I find that odd. Don’t most children need reading material after the age of 5?

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      The charity is only for children up to the age of 5. I find that odd. Don’t most children need reading material after the age of 5?

      Well, looks like now’s your chance to prove that you’re a better person than Dolly Parton. Go on, do it.

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      Don’t most children need reading material after the age of 5?

      Most people after the age of 5 can borrow books from the library.

      This is for new parents to get books to read to and with their small children to increase childhood literacy and encourage them to read at a later age, like 5+ years old.

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      yup! kids start to read a bit before the age of five typically and need to learn the basics of literature before that. a lot of people, not necessarily those here, erroneously think it starts later. my “smartest” (according to my parents) sibling started showing interest in reading around the age 4. me, around age 4.5. They always used that one child as their standard of excellence and compared the rest of us to that individual (not even giving their gender because i generally like my siblings, even the shitass. can you believe they shit with their own ass?). well guess what smarty may have a job and a retirement but do they have missing teeth? HUH MOM? yeah who’s winning that race now.

      wait fuck.

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      The type of reading material should change as we age. Imagination Library does simple children’s books for read8ng together. I wouldn’t expect a 12yr to still want to read See Spot Run-level books.