Care & Feeding | Should I Let My Kid Waste His Money?

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Lucy take a question about how to handle birthday money. This parent’s son wants to buy some stuff in a video game, and while it feels like a waste… it IS also his money. So we’ll talk about whether this parent really needs to intervene. And then, we’ll circle up for a round of checkins… and on Slate Plus, we’ll vent about the end-of-the-school-year frenzy. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Zak’s check-in: snark! Elizabeth’s check-in: we kept it together! Lucy’s check-in: calm (on the surface)! Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.5	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.3	That's right, five pounds!
0:11.5	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:15.0	From 11am.
0:15.7	Not available on delivery.
0:16.6	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.1	Participating restaurant's subject's availability.
0:20.0	The autopilot order.
0:21.7	Now, informal.
0:22.9	The strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through
0:25.7	that takes over the entire body and mind
0:27.8	and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think.
0:31.5	Related phrases, looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again.
0:34.7	The Autopilot Order at McDonald's.
0:37.7	Serves from 11am subjectm. subject to availability.
0:42.9	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:47.4	Hi, I'm Lucy Lopez. I'm Mother to Amelia, who's about to be 15, Avery who's 12, and we live in Miami. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast.
0:57.2	It's called The Best Advice Show. I am dad to Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four. We live in
1:02.5	Amsterdam. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch, Goose. I'm the mom
1:07.4	to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan.
1:13.0	Today on the show, we're talking about how to handle birthday money. This parent's son wants to buy
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