What Is Charge?

Charge is like a special kind of energy that makes things push or pull each other, just like when you rub a balloon on your hair and it sticks to the wall.

Imagine you have two balloons. If both are rubbed on your hair, they might repel each other, like they're saying, "I don't want to be close!" But if one is rubbed and the other isn’t, they might attract, like they’re saying, "Let’s stick together!"

Charge comes in two types: positive and negative. When you rub a balloon on your hair, it steals some of the energy from your hair, that's how it gets charged.

Think of it like sharing toys. If one toy is taken by another, the first feels empty (like being positive), and the second feels full (like being negative). When two full toys meet, they don’t want to be together, just like two negative charges push each other away.

Charge isn't magic, it's just a special kind of energy that makes things move or stick, depending on how they're charged.