A colleague recently told me about a conversation she had with her daughter at the beginning of the summer vacation. Her daughter came into the kitchen and said, “I’m bored. Can we go somewhere fun?” My colleague asked, “What do you mean by fun?” After a moment, her daughter answered, “Something that costs money.” They both laughed, but the sentence stayed with her.

That small exchange captures a challenge many parents face during the........

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