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"My Second Child Is Perfect. He Ruined My Life." — Zach Baron

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Summer Anne Burton
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Every time I read another great ZB piece I feel proud that he profiled BuzzFeed Animals in 2014…
Alex
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Beastmasters!

Sam
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This was so funny and sweet and brutal — I loved it
janelle
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“There is a level of boredom and hysteria that you learn to just kind of float through. Episodes that in your old life would be the most intense thing that happened to you in a month, or a year. Your child on the sidewalk, screaming, grinding his face angrily into a pile of dirt and concrete while strangers walk by with pity or disgust in their eyes. Maybe you have to physically restrain the little fellow from running into traffic. There is a quality of patience you attain: It feels like infinite acceptance and being on fire at the same time. And then you forget, because not forgetting would be unbearable.” ….Perfect

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"My Second Child Is Perfect. He Ruined My Life." by Zach Baron

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“Made me nod and smile and tear up.”

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