Guest post: The many benefits of coupons
I didn’t meet the other Michigan coupon bloggers that I’ve been networking with until March. So I didn’t get a chance to see this post until Meghan offered it to me as a guest article this summer. It was originally posted Jan. 21 on her blog, Savvy Spending:
The many benefits of coupons…
I like to think that I’m teaching my children how to be frugal. I want them to learn the value of a dollar, how to save their money, where our money comes from (God ultimately, and through Daddy’s hard work), and how to tithe and be generous with their money.
One thing that cracks me up is when the girls love to clip coupons with me- they’ll actually ask to help! They love to see coupons for their favorite foods and to be involved in the grocery shopping. Now that our oldest daughter can recognize numbers, she likes to see how much the coupons are worth. I don’t think most 2 and 4 year-old’s tell people, “We can’t buy that!! We don’t have a coupon for it!”
I remember my mom clipping coupons and sorting them in her shoe box at the kitchen table. I didn’t really understand what she was doing, but I knew it involved money and groceries. Perhaps that experience has something to do with my love of coupons today. If so, I hope that I am mimicking those experiences for my girls and will create another generation of coupon clippers!
Couponing can create many teachable moments with children- not only can you show them how to be smart with money, but it can help kids practice their math skills. If you are a coupon-clipper, involve your kids and teach them that it’s cool to be frugal!
Meghan is the blogger at “Savvy Spending“. She is a part time teacher and stay-at-home Mom of 2 little girls who believes in working just as hard to SAVE their money as she and her husband work to EARN the money.
P.S. from Paula: I really did pick up couponing from the example of my mom, and started my first coupon box when I was in college. My college daughter will be moving to an apartment-style dorm room this fall, so I’ve told my daughter this is the summer to create and start HER coupon box!
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Coupon tips, Groceries, Guest post, Preschool years.
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Comment from Lesa
Time: July 14, 2010, 12:03 am
There are so many ways your children can learn by helping you with coupons. I used to laugh during my childrens’ conferences because their teachers would always tell me that my children had excellent fine motor skills and that they were great at cutting with scissors. Must have been all the practice cutting out coupons. Both of my kids are good at math, but I remember that my son was able to double coupons, count money, and figure percents at a very early age. Probably because he spent so much time shopping with me.
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