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Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

Lauren Myracle

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Lauren Myracle
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
Comics Writer
Novelist
Writer
Brevard
North Carolina
Knowledge
Turns
Kids
Power
Grown
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