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[siannan]

Sorry, I call bullshit.

Most two-year-olds are too busy worrying about keeping their panties dry to want to have a lemonade stand for charity. Granted, the kid has personal experience with the disease, but I think she'd be more likely to ask Make-A-Wish to send her to see Mickey Mouse.

Then again, I could read when I was 3, so what do I know.

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I teach 3-5 year olds. Of our kids who are most likely to understand concepts such as exchanging money for one thing and using it to get something else, of the very sharpest of those, maybe those who are 4-4 1/2 -- the very very sharpest of those -- can understand the functional concept of fund-raising, or a lemonade stand. Even the brightest of the younger ones still think of selling as a sharing thing; they set up "pet stores" but after you buy the pets, you have to bring them back. The level of symbolic thought required to understand fund-raising or throwing money at a disease to find a cure is way way way beyond many four year olds, and I can't imagine more than one in a few million two year olds -- toddlers -- reaching that level of understanding. I'll bet Alex's mommy helped her think of it.

[swisscheesed.livejournal.com]

It could have come up as "I want to sell lemonade!" because she saw other kids doing it, and then her mom helped her take it to the next level.

[unclejimbo.livejournal.com]

Kids will surprise you. Especially those who most likely won't live to see adulthood. I think this is one of those cases. And if mom 'helped' think it up, who cares. She appears to be having fun.

Now only one question:

Does she deliver to the West Coast? :P

[auntiesiannan.livejournal.com]

It's this mythical concept of "Oh, children are so pweshus and naturally philanthropic and will save the world!" that I object to, along with her parents essentially exploiting their sick child for charity. Granted, the lion's share of the money isn't going directly to them, but the execution is off.

[debu-chan.livejournal.com]

Not just for charity, but for five minutes of fame too...

[drbagpipes.livejournal.com]

Well, the fact that they say she's 6 and 8 in the same photo caption is a bit odd.