And that while Douglas and I didn't and don't have children, and these dogs aren't our children, they are our family -- our pack.

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But this is not just any old neighbourhood, and these aren't just any old children.

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It could easily be a regular rehearsal for the National Orchestra of Wales, but if you look closer, these children aren't just listening or watching.

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Children are many things these days, but they certainly aren't invisible -- especially on the Internet, where it is the kids, these adolescent messengers, who are becoming the McLuhanite message of our networked age.

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