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The Tangential: 5 Things We Learned from Maurice Sendak →

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1. Children are mysterious, and childhood can be dark.

When I worked at a daycare, I watched High School Musical to see what the kids were so excited about. After seeing that the conflict was basically that the stars were good at too many extracurricular activities, I was disappointed….

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    Beautiful tribute to an amazing man.
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    Missing Maurice #wildthing
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