The Most Important Question

Essay: Did You Hear The One About The Starfish?

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This week:

Because I am a sap, I have been thinking about my kids a lot lately. And kids in general. They’re going to grow up and live in a world that’s very different from ours, and it’s important to me that they’re all as ready for that as they can be.

So this week: Did you hear about the starfish?

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