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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 an educator, so we had a very average upbringing, but that's helped me in my writing because I'm…](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/)

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