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Russell Baker

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

Russell Baker

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Kids usually don’t care about their parents’ lives or identities before becoming parents themselves. By the time they become interested in that past, their parents are often gone and can no longer share those stories.

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