"Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults."

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"Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults."

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"Same-sex marriage is not the future."

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"In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash."

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