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My kids are just getting old enough that they're starting to learn about money, starting to pay them to do chores,

starting to tell them they've got to buy stuff themselves. They've done lemonade stands. As I said, they did some

chores. You know, they're always coming to me asking to buy them stuff in Minecraft or whatever.

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You see what other parents are doing here, what other fathers say they are doing,

and it can seem like you're the worst parent ever. The food you give them isn't healthy enough, their education isn't good enough, you're not patient enough, you're not dedicated enough.

But it's important when you start to feel this way that you step back.

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