My older child has been asking for an allowance for years. I have been giving versions of a standard parenting answer: “We’ll see”; “Let’s discuss it later”; “I’ll try to remember to talk about it with your dad.” And so on. Finally, she called my bluff, and my last argument was: “I’ll write about it…

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