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title: "6 American Childhood Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-kinney/i-had-a-very-normal-very-typical-american-childhood-my-father-worked/)

[Jeff Kinney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-kinney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/jeff-kinney-4064_about_i-had-a-very-normal-very-typical-america_256839.png)

> [I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dolezal/i-did-work-and-bought-all-my-own-clothes-and-shoes-since-i-was-9/)

[Rachel Dolezal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dolezal/)

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> [The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/the-actual-american-childhood-is-less-norman-rockwell-and-walt-disney/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/susan-cheever-19005_allan-poe_the-actual-american-childhood-is-less-no_1105696.png)

> [We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-louv/we-attempt-to-remember-our-collective-american-childhood-the-way-it/)

[Richard Louv](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-louv/)

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> [My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinaw-mengestu/my-parents-never-referenced-ethiopia-that-much-largely-because-of-the/)

[Dinaw Mengestu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinaw-mengestu/)

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> [I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-meeker/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-in-northeastern-indiana-i-had-an-all/)

[Mary Meeker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-meeker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/mary-meeker-37974_all-american_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-in-northeaster_2912755.png)

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