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December 8, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Not Gonna Lie, “Six Seven” and Slang Low-key gets Kids Attention

It’s deeply personal for me that kids feel seen and connected. Books and schools are lifelines, and both failed me as a boy. Many still fail kids.

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My dad understood the vast wealth that existed in those books and that library cards provided us with a share of that wealth.

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