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was i foolish letting my 9 year old use the cash machine?

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vicki2010 · 16/01/2011 10:44

we went to tesco yesterday and there is a coffee shop upstairs,whilst enjoying a coffee my 9yr ds asked if he could get some football cards and not wanting to use my debit card for 50p transaction i thought i would let him go to the cash machine,just outside the store....he is very responsible for his age and his face lit up at the thought of such responsibility etc so off he went,waved at me from the door and re appeared within 3 minutes. Anyway,dh thinks i was very irresponsable to let him do this as anyone could have got hold of him and demanded pin number etc...what do you think aibu??

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valiumredhead · 16/01/2011 15:36

I don't know my dh's PIN and he doesn't know mine, definitely wouldn't tell my 9 year old. He let slip the other day that he knows the password to an on line account we use, I was shocked he knew and he said he overheard me and dh talking. He then said "Matthew's ( his mate) mum has the same password, isn't that funny?" Shock Grin

valiumredhead · 16/01/2011 15:37

Sorry, meant to add that Matthew and ds had been discussing passwords etc in the playground!

wishingforcrystalball · 16/01/2011 16:03

My mum asked me to get some cash out of the ATM for the first time in years (I left home at 16 so had to be prior to this) I asked for the pin, I said that's the same one you used when I was a teenager.

My ds when the chip and pin at checkout first came out, stood next to me, announcing in the sing song voice of a young child '1, 2, 3, 4' but not those numbers but my actual pin number. Everyone around me laughed, so I thought I'd better change my pin and did so on ATM outside supermarket. Bless his cotton socks!!!

valiumredhead · 16/01/2011 16:08

Yes wishingfor - it can be so innocent , not anything to do with trust as such, just an innocent mistake.

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