My four-year-old nephew has no concept of the number 13. He seems to be aware that the number 13 exists, but he has no sense of where it belongs. He also understands that there is a number between 12 and 14, but for him that number is 14. In his world, there are two 14s.
The other day we were playing "Bubblegum, bubblegum in a dish" and I told him that I wanted 13 wishes (just to entertain myself). He counted up: "12, 14, 14, 15, 16" getting all the way to 21 before I stopped him. I told him that he'd missed thirteen. He started over: 12, 14, 14.
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