What is Poor?

Lil Shauna asked for a bedtime story and I made up one about a boy who came from a poor family and had no $$ and thus have to walk long distance to go to school. His family is very poor and had no $$ to buy a car. However, this boy is already considered as fortunate bcos his neighbour is even poorer and could not even afford to go to school.

I was trying to tell Lil Shauna that there are really poor people in the world, so poor that they could not even afford to go to school. My story was constantly interrupted by her questions.

LS: Why didn't the boy take a taxi to school?

ML: Bcos his family has no $.

LS: How about a bus?

ML: No $ for that too.

LS: His neighbour did not go to school but does he have a car?

ML: ... No...

Our kids are too fortunate. They cannot imagine that there are really poor people around.

Mummy Lim