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Our kids ask for a lot of stuff.

Time, sure, but lots of stuff.

They want you to add money to their Roblox account.

They want a new car.

They want you to buy them a toy from the store. They want to treat at the gas station and that piece of memorabilia from a gift shop.

We know we can't give them everything they want, and even if we could afford to, we know that

we and they would pay for it later. We are trying to raise, as Ron Lieber's lovely book is titled,

kids who are the opposite of spoiled. So what do we say yes to and what do we say

no to? There is no hard and fast rule, but perhaps there are three areas we can be comfortable

being a little extra in, at least when we have the funds to. First, when our kids want a book,

we should buy it. We're trying to raise readers, and the impulse to want to

read is one we should always encourage. You never know which books will change your kids' life,

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