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Oct 30, 2026 1:13 PM

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A few days ago, I got a voice memo from my teenage daughter. That’s not such an unusual occurrence, but it was early morning on a school day, and the timing was unusual enough to cause a slight tremor of concern—especially since the voice I heard belonged to her homeroom teacher. Fortunately, it turned out that the subject of the call had nothing to do with my child. “I just saw You Can See Everything ,” her teacher said.…