{"id":14912,"date":"2021-03-19T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-life.lu\/?p=14912"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:36:14","slug":"should-you-give-your-children-pocket-money-55512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-life.lu\/en\/should-you-give-your-children-pocket-money-55512\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you give your children pocket money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"playht-iframe-wrapper\" style=\"max-height: 210px !important;\">\n\t<iframe\n\tscrolling=\"no\"\n\tclass=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\tid=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\theight=\"90px\"\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tframeborder=\"0\"\n\tstyle=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\"\n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/my-life.lu\/en\/?p=14912&voice=en-GB-Standard-C&appId=fiFJxxWiUV3tImG&trans_id=-MVMDt8T_oQFMp2FygFa\"\n\tdata-voice=\"en-GB-Standard-C\"\n\tarticle-url=\"https:\/\/my-life.lu\/en\/?p=14912\"\n\tdata-appId=\"fiFJxxWiUV3tImG\"\n\tallowfullscreen=\"\">\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"entete\">From what age? 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