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Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her while she plays with her cheap little bath toys in the tub.

Emily Yoffe

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Emily Yoffe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 15
Columnist
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