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Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

Daphne Oz

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Daphne Oz
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: February 17
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Journalist
Television Presenter
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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