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In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Pampered
Taught
Inspirational
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Children

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