Young Boy Earns Praises from Netizens for Selling Old Toys to Get Himself a New One
CARCAR CITY, CEBU – A young boy has decided to sell his old toys to get himself a new one instead of asking his parents.
A netizen named Kiram Navales has posted throwback photos of his son Kainoa selling his old toys at the plaza of Carcar. The photos quickly circulates online after it was posted on social media.
In the photos, it can be seen that the six-year-old boy is selling his old toys at the plaza of Carcar City. The little kid displayed his old toys atop a wooden chair while patiently waiting for customers.
The photos were taken last July 2022. The kid has already donated two boxes of toys during Typhoon Odette’s devastation but he has still plenty of toys at home. Navales decided to sell some of them.
A water vendor becomes Kainoa’s first customer who bought toys for his children. He also encouraged and congratulated the little kid for being an entrepreneur despite his young age.
Here is the full post:
“Yes, that was my son you saw selling his toys in the plaza last (end of June) July during the city’s week-long activities for the celebration of our Carcar City’s Charter day.
And if you bought toys from him, thank you so much for supporting him. I can still remember the first customer, who was so proud of the young boy, he encouraged my son and congratulated him for being an entrepreneur, and bought some toys for his children. That tubig vendor made my son so happy for being the first customer on his first day.
Why was he selling his toys? It all started when he was asking for a new toy. We realized that after donating 2 boxes of toys during Odette he still have plenty of toys at home. He is blessed to have generous grandparents, aunties and uncles, and friends who gifted him toys throughout the years. And as part of teaching him the principle of self-reliance, we encouraged him to think of a way to get the toy he wanted. He then came up with the plan to sell something since he knew he couldn’t work, in his own words: “bata pa man ko dad, di ko ka’work”, referring to jobs that requires legal age to work
It took weeks of planning our schedule and reviewing the basic mathematical operation. I instructed him that he would be left alone and I would only be at about a good distance where I can see and hear him.
It was a very wonderful experience for him. He had the days nga kusog halin and days where he just wanted to go home because the sales was slow.
Again, thank you for giving my son a wonderful experience as part of his learning the lessons of self-reliance and entrepreneurship. ”
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