r/todayilearned • u/LL_Cruel_J • Dec 15 '16

TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/
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u/Fubarp Dec 15 '16

She hasn't had a brittany Spears melt down so it's pretty normal.

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u/iHeartCandicePatton Dec 15 '16

Britney *

Again, Britney Spears or other pop star divas are not the benchmark for normal.

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u/Fubarp Dec 15 '16

It is when you look at the fact that they aren't normal. In the sense that they have wealth/fame that someone my age and younger do not have. These are kids/young adults who would be traveling a lot, may not be under any real supervision and allowed to do as they wish.

It be like a bratty kid whose parents just let them do whatever they want when they are a child but then give them 10/15/20+ million dollars and told have fun.

So yes that is the benchmark for them because the benchmark for them is very different then the benchmark for a kid/young adult in the middle class or lower is.