Teenage Life Coach Edition

Gabriel Roth, Slate senior editor, and Rebecca Lavoie, host of Crime Writers On..., talk about how children have replaced dads as the economic drivers in the household. Then, they offer tricks for parents struggling to find time for homework. Also, an Allison Benedikt triumph on Slate Plus and a listener call about older-brother meanness.

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