Fun House
Tot doesn't 'get' the concept of a paycheck

By Dr. Rebecca Kanekoa
Honolulu resident

My grandson, at the age of 3, attended a preschool. His teacher said he was the youngest student, but he understood everything she said.

One morning as I was driving him to school he said, "Grandma, how come there are so many cars on the road?"

I answered, "Because they are going to work."

"Why do they have to go to work?" he asked.

I said, "They have to get money."

He most logically answered, "Then they should go to the bank!"

Another time I saw him playing with his 2-year-old sister.

He said, "You're a girl, I'm a boy so I have to be the captain!"

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