• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Also why would a child ever ask if money is pretend? It’s not something they’ve only heard about in a storybook and never laid eyes on themselves.

    Whole post is bullshit, lol.

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I disagree with this statement. My kid, age five, has not asked this about money; but they have asked about, for example, characters on a screen. If you’re asserting that they wouldn’t ask because it’s something they’ve physically touched, I see your point, but my kid has (when much younger) asked similar things about, for example, figurines they’ve held.

      I will say, for my kid in particular, that it’s more likely they would ask questions like “what does a dollar mean” or “does someone make decisions about the money” or even “what is money,” but the “real or pretend” question is plausible IMHO.