Why are children always in such a rush to grow up?

Posted by John Small | Oct 23, 2019 | Small Talk

As hard as it is for me to believe, my granddaughter Zoey celebrated her first birthday this week. Well, technically, the rest of the family celebrated her birthday. At the age of 1, I suspect she hasn’t quite yet grasped this whole birthday business. Based on our experiences with her daddy and her uncle, I […]

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John Small

John A. Small is the Managing Editor and (with Publishers Tom and Mary Lokey) co-founder of the Johnston County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He came to Tishomingo (his mother’s birthplace) in 1991 and spent the next three and a half years as reporter and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. Following a two-year stint as News Editor at the Durant Daily Democrat, he returned to the C-D as News Editor in 1997 and remained there until January of 2018, when the Sentinel was founded. To date his work as a journalist has earned him more than 220 awards from the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association.

Why are children always in such a rush to grow up?

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