Jean’s Introduction to Economics (by sarah)
Jean keeps telling me not to work 🙁 She wants me to play with her instead but I have to do some work when she's about, though I really don't like doing it and it really depends on weather she's in the sort of mood were she's happy to say just sit and paint.
Our conversation went like this:
'Mummy don't work - play with me!'
'I will play with you in 20 minutes Jean I have to finish this first.'
'No'
'Yes'
'Why?'
'So that we can get money'
'For my house?' (her money box)
'No so that we can buy food.'
Jean hits the heater in annoyance, 'DONT DO THAT IF YOU BREAK IT WE CAN"T REPLACE IT AND THEN WE WILL BE COLD!!!'
'We can just go out all day.'
'No we can't Jean you need money for that.'
'Silly mummy we go shopping!'
'No Jean you need money for that.'
Puzzeled look, 'I'll get my house and horse.' (again her two money boxes.) I had explain it wasn't enough money and thats why I was working besides it's hers and would she like to pay it into the bank? Things then got a bit abstract and I was engander of doing a Mr Brown in Padington Bear.
'Oh ok, I'll make dinner mummy, to help.'
'Good girl Jean.'
A blue toy pot appears with a plastic chicken leg and some construction blocks from something that isn't lego. 'Soup mummy to keep you warm.'
'Thankyou Jean.'
Fri 23rd Jan 2009 10:58 am 
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By Ulrike, Tue 27th Jan 2009 @ 10:15 pm
Heh. This reminds me of my little nephew who also had trouble understanding the concept of work, work resulting in money, and money needed to buy things. He wanted a huge tractor (the kind you sit on and it has pedals so you ride around on it) and when my sister said we do not have enough money his response was "Why don't you just go to the bank and buy some more?", assuming this is what she did when she went to the cash machine. Wouldn't it be nice if it worked like that, and lots of money came out of a cash machine all the time, who cares about whats in your bank account?
By Junie, Thu 29th Jan 2009 @ 12:16 am
Make the most of this type of conversation Sarah as the years pass so quickly and soon it will be have you got some money mum so I can go out with my friends, (more than once a week).
It seems you blink and the years have gone and soon they are 21.
take care lyl. Junie.x