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Amy Linden, Rock's Backpages, 28 April 2001
THE EXPRESSION "It takes a village to raise a child" has quickly morphed from sage African proverb to the "Have A Nice Day" of social engineering. Yet despite its greeting-card ubiquity, it’s true that it doesn’t hurt to have an extra pair hands when you’ve got kids.
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