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There's a conflict between telling kids the truth and managing your own fears
Jamie Beth Cohen is a writer, storyteller and community organizer who has a full-time job in higher education and a family she loves very much. Sleep is elusive. She tells stories at Lancaster Story Slam and co-founded Write Now Lancaster & Lancaster Action Now Coalition. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post/On Parenting, The Baltimore Sun and TeenVogue.com. Find her tweeting about her (in progress) YA novel @Jamie_Beth_S.