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Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting. Slate's parenting podcast for Monday, September 11.

I'm Zach Rosen. I host another show. It's called The Best It by Show.

And I am Dad Tenoa, who's six. And Tommy, who's going to be three really soon. We live in Detroit.

I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write The Homeschool and Family Travel Blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the

mom of three littles, Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's nine, and Teddy, who's six. We live in Tokyo, Japan.

I'm Jamil, I'm you. I'm a writer, a contributor to Slate's camp,

beating parents in column, and mom to Naima, who is 10, and we live in Los Angeles.

Today on the show, we have an interesting question about allowance. Our letter writer has had

a metaphor young child asking for things every time they go out. She's wondering if an allowance

might help. We've got some thoughts. Then we'll answer a very common but important question.

How do you balance life as a working parent? Then we'll wrap up today with a round of recommendations.

But let's start with our question.

Hi Mom and Dad are fighting. I would love to know your feelings about allowances.

My four and a half year old wants to buy all sorts of new things. Trucks, books, stuffies,

new clothes, and sometimes we'll treat him to new things, but he mostly gets presents for Hanukkah

and his birthday. It kind of makes me think that our kiddo might be ready for an allowance,

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