In today’s age of global turmoil, in-fighting, social upheaval and, let’s be honest, complete and utterly baffling, mind-numbing ignorance in our political world, there’s at least one thing we can all agree on. Kids are just the worst. Wait, what? Is it just me? OK, I’m kidding — really.
While I’ve decided not to bring another hungry mouth into this world, there are a small handful of kids out there that are pretty cool.
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