But she's still a lot worldlier than her boyfriend or the adoptive dad, who are, respectively, just leaving adolescence and desperately clinging to its memory.

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If Juno's not quite as worldly as she thinks she is, she's still a helluva lot more so than her boyfriend (Michael Cera) or her baby's adoptive dad (Jason Bateman), who are, respectively, just leaving adolescence and clinging to its memory.

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My dad sold life insurance door to door until he went to night law school after leaving my mom and marrying someone with a university degree.

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In all the National Signing Day hubbub, what everyone tends to forget is that the people at the center of this process are teenagers, leaving home for the first time, perhaps making his first life decision independent of what Mom or Dad thinks, and that comes with all sorts of emotions for the teen and his family.

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