Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife, “Judy” and I have two boys, ages 7 and 9, and they want me to build them a treehouse in the giant oak tree in our backyard. I’m a master carpenter by trade, so this would be no big …
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