Used coupons to punish my kids.

[nolamom]

Sometimes my kids will decide that they want to go shopping with me on the weekends. All I have to do is let them know that I'm looking for bargains to match with coupons and they magically decide they want to stay home with daddy.

Never thought to use it as a punishment, though. Thanks for the idea!

[ameeker]

Originally Posted by PattyCake

Lol, you sure have a way about you! ( I can tell you love those kids very much).

Yes, I love those kids very much, enough to use "tough love" when it's necessary.

[ameeker]

Originally Posted by Djane

Unfortunatly my DD who is 3 loves to go bargin shopping with me she even gets my binder and shopping bags and bags and tells me to get up and go.

My youngest is also 3, and when it's just her and I she's a great bargain shopper, she carries her own shopping bags and wants her own coupons and her own transactions. When it's just the two of us we have a great time, but when it's all 3 of them it's a different story. I can't explain that exactly, but she's a different kid when all 3 are together. I think she mostly likes to torture the oldest DD (who fully believes she's in charge of the little sister), and hence our youngest plays the "naughty little sister" role to perfection. Go figure.

[ameeker]

Originally Posted by jojoshort

"Scarred for life by coupons" tee hee

I'm just imagining the therapy that's going to take to correct. "Well doc it all started when my mother went frugalistic on us...".

[Boca_Mom]

Involved my 9yr old daughter w/looking for the items and she was totally into it because I told her that if she and the 3yr old son were good, she could use her own Trident BOGO coupon for a pack of gum. I told her it was hers and her responsibility. They helped me through the entire store and she held onto that coupon like gold. When he would get noisy she would get in his face, show him the picture of the gum and he would zip it. Used it today on a .49 Hershey bar @ Wags. Worth every penny.

[Super_mom]

I cant just stop laughing. I'm wondering whether that line worked on the kids?

[KIKI]

my kids have named my binder Bob, he is one of the family.

[mrsjmward]

where do you get the pages for your binder? I have become ocd on this coupon bussiness....



and what is the key to getting around printing more coupons from the internet???