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No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.
No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Jeannette Walls
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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