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One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in your child's life is often messy, smelly and exhausting to deal with.

Joyce Maynard

Joyce Maynard (20th century), U.S. writer. "The Call of the Wild," Parenting (August 1994).

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