Teach our children

byAutoincome

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10 years ago

As a parent it gives me great satisfaction to observe my child use common sense that seems to expand beyond what I thought would be difficult to teach. We went shopping the other day, and while waiting in line we noticed several small items on sale. We've all seen them -- chap stick, gum, candy, magazines, batteries, etc... My daughter pointed to a pack of batteries with an eye catching tag that read 15 Extra batteries with the purchase of 15! Price tag on package read $18.00. My daughter quickly remarked "Why don't they just advertise 30 batteries for $18.00 - won't it still be a sale"?

I have no intention of trying to explain the rationale of the advertising business, but rather relish in the fact she saw the same as I did. 30 batteries would be $0.60/each, and 15 would be $1.20/each. Not only did she do the math without whipping out the smart phone, which is not hard for a 14 year old, she remarked "How dumb". Even though this scenario might be small an inconsequential to most, I take solace my child is viewing money more sensibly than I expected.