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Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Moving
Tracking
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Parenthood
Kids
Parenting
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Hoping
Really
Moves
Ahead
Longer

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