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Yeah, the day my daughter told me just 'buy it off the internet' when I told her I didn't have money to buy the thing she wanted was the day she started having her own money.

When she went to buy some sweets etc at the shop with cash she would have to tell me the price of it and wether we had enough money in her hands etc. I think a lot of the Brave New World let's get rid of cash folks don't realise how abstract the concept of value and purchasing is and physical cash is a very useful tool in teaching that.

Perhaps we might need some physical Bitcoins after all 😁
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Nostralian 1y ago

That's very true, many kids have grown up just watching us tap a card or type a number on to a screen. They have no concept of "if I give this to them for that, it's gone for good."

Our kids still get cash and as gifts, they are slowly understanding that it's hard to find by and that saving for what you actually want is important.

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Henry 1y ago

The worse than you realise too. Even after going through is that enough money for the price. Being only about 3 or 4 she still didn't get the value side completely. You can just get some money from the cash machine or I am sure you can buy it they gave you some money back when you bought the other thing 😆.