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In the days before internet, and when international phone calls were rare and expensive, children who grew-up and left the house to live in a far away place were referred to as 'paper children', because the only way to communicate with them was through the letters they sent you. Perhaps there was also a hint of dissatisfaction with the fact that they didn't make the effort to travel and see their parents from time to time....
MJ1
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∙ 10y agoLiterally "papers children" or "children of papers".
I don't recognize it as anything special.
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∙ 14y ago" Children ". (Straight from German)
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∙ 10y agoChild = Kind (×§×™× ×“)
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