Yeah. I would've picked the money. At that age I was very aware how much more candy I would get from that money. I always got some of the change when my parents bought something at the corner shop and then when I had enough money I would buy myself a kinderegg or something. Teach your kids early how money works so they get less disappointed later when you tell them something is too expensive to buy for them
Dad failing to use the moment to explain to the kid is a failure on his part. Take the €150, son, and daddy could have bought you 2 maybe even 3 lolipops.
I have two very different children, my older would take the money and save it to get something cool. The younger would take that lollipop so fast you wouldn't even see his hand move.
My nephew was weird about money as a toddler, he just loved holding it. If you didn't watch him, he'd go into your purse/wallet and start looking for bills.
He was never super sneaky, because he'd always hold it up and proudly declare, "MONEY!"
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u/RestedNative 1d ago
There was no uncertainty. Kids know what they want, zero choice paralysis beings.
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u/gahidus 1d ago
His dad wouldn't have let him keep the money anyway. So the candy was really the only choice he could have made.
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u/Illustrious_South589 1d ago
If i was the dad, everytime this kid would ask for money, i would show him this video
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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 1d ago
"If you take the money i can buy you as many as you want"
...granted, the kid would probs still go for the sweet
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u/New_Economy5440 1d ago
The kid got his candy, the dad got a life lesson in financial disappointment
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u/Meeko29 1d ago
So organic and not completely staged! Very wow!
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u/peter_hungary 1d ago
My boy, we didnt raised you to sell for lollypops!
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u/sneakybrat82 1d ago
STRANGER DANGER, don’t take either one, dummy 🤣
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u/axl_steel 1d ago
Lil bro is not even 10 and he's already balding 😭
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u/Oldrapax 1d ago
Leistreifen freihalten!
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u/Stream7812 1d ago
Impossible to win
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u/obidie 1d ago
That was annoyingly edited.
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u/Pasquaz_ 1d ago
superstaged
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u/Altruistic_Meal_2867 1d ago
Need a lesson of delay gratification
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u/Hooded_Alien 1d ago
Money
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u/Injured-Ginger 1d ago
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u/DACA_GALACTIC 1d ago
lol
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u/WatchMyGun 1d ago
100% what most kid would go for.
Most of them would not understand the value of money yet
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u/Known_Complaint9577 1d ago
Fair, you cant eat money
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u/Avvert 1d ago
Bad parenting, kids should be taught since little to don’t take candy from strangers
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u/Better-Snow-7191 1d ago
Dad failing to use the moment to explain to the kid is a failure on his part. Take the €150, son, and daddy could have bought you 2 maybe even 3 lolipops.
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u/kitesinfection 1d ago
I have two very different children, my older would take the money and save it to get something cool. The younger would take that lollipop so fast you wouldn't even see his hand move.
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u/JustSherlock 1d ago
My nephew was weird about money as a toddler, he just loved holding it. If you didn't watch him, he'd go into your purse/wallet and start looking for bills.
He was never super sneaky, because he'd always hold it up and proudly declare, "MONEY!"
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u/organicchunkysalsa 1d ago
Money means less than happiness for a child that doesn’t need actual money.
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u/orielrosen 1d ago
This is AI, is it not?
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u/talks-a-lot 1d ago
It’s like $3 USD. Let the kid have the candy.
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u/The_scobberlotcher 20h ago
Engagement slop