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Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.

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Alton Brown
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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LA
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Alton Crawford Walter Brown
Alton Crawford Brown
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