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We, as adults, are the gatekeepers, and we have to check our own fears at the door because we want our children to be smarter than we are. We want them to be more fully human than we are.
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson
Born: Feb 12, 1963

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