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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.
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.
Yes (though seeing it 'in person' without touching it also counts), I thought it was obvious that's what I meant.
Exactly. Nothing a kid can just pick up and hold is going to be something they ask "is this pretend?" about, lol.