Teach Your Haitian Kids About Money
When I was growing up in Hinche, Haiti, 10 cents (2 US pennies) was a lot of money.
Oh! Yes,
To a haitian kid in those days, even to most adults, 10 cents (2 pennies) was a lot of money.
Nowadays, everything in Haiti is "an US" (in US DOllars) and I hear that everything is so expensive. I can still remember what I was able to buy with "10 Kòb" and I am not that old.
- 2 mant
- 2 bonbon siro
- 2 tablet pistach
- 2 acra
- doukounou
- labapin
- pistash grie
- 1 bout kan-n
As for my mother, she always sent me to the store to buy...
- 10 Kòb bè
- 10 kob pat tomat
That was only back around in 1986... Those days are gone now!
While I cannot tell you how to raise your kids, I would like you to teach them about money.
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