When I was young I didn't get the whole concept of numbers or value of money. I thought that when you went to a store, you just gave them some money, and they gave you some back. I was very confused one time when my mother didn't get any change back, and acted like this wasn't a problem at all.
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- that people in shops gave you 'change' if you didn't quite have enough money to pay.— suzy
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani
- that the money I gave at sunday school would go straight to God.— christine
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa
- I used to think that ATM machines just gave out free money when you needed it. Ahhh if only...Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe in the little mouse Perez, who gave you money for teeth.
— Chayma