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How to Guide Teenagers Through Their First Financial Decisions

My teenager got their first job and immediately wants to buy expensive clothes and I do not know whether to let them learn from mistakes or protect them from waste.

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The tension between protection and education reveals the fundamental challenge of transferring wisdom across generations.

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