The backstory: A friend of mine, D, has a daughter who plans to go on an organized trip to Europe through her high school in the spring.  Her parents want to instill the value of saving money and a work ethic in her, so they’ve told her she needs to contribute half the cost of the trip.  With the daughter’s busy athletic schedule, D doesn’t think the daughter will have time to work enough hours to meet her goal.

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The great idea:
Another friend suggested that D involve her daughter in coupon clipping.  Every dollar saved by coupons will count towards the trip fund.  This works out well for the whole family.  Instead of just paying her daughter to do extra chores around the house and taking more money out of D’s own pocket, now D’s daughter is working to save the money instead of merely earning it.  Earning by saving – pretty cool.