when my daughter was about 12, i found out that
she thought if you wrote a check for something it
wasn't really spending money. same with credit
cards. if you don't pay with actual currency, it's
free!
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that checks and credit cards allowed you to get anything you wanted with out paying for it. — Diamond
- I used to believe that hazelnuts were real currency, with actual value to buy things. — Valerie, Ottawa Canada
- I used to believe that with a credit card, you could get anything you wanted for free.— Anonymous
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- I used to think that money from ATM machines were free :p— qwerty
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M