20 Tips for Parents to Save Money

Want to save your kids from consumerism? I stumbled on a fantastic article about Preschoolers: 20 Tips for Parents to Save Money at The Dollar Stretcher.

They had some great ideas, some that I hadn't heard of before. Here are a couple of my favorites:

• Ask the daycare if magazine and book donations can be written off against their activity fees, which usually pay for such items.
• Get magnetic letters and numbers from the dollar store. Give your child an old cookie sheet as a portable "blackboard" for the magnetic letters. You'll provide hours of educational entertainment for minimal cost.
• Add batteries to your child's wish list.

And finally, when they scream, "I want it!" or "I need it!," learn to say, "No."

Check out all 20 Tips.