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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....

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"Kinder" in Yiddish translates to "children" in English.

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Literally "papers children" or "children of papers".

I don't recognize it as anything special.

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" Children ". (Straight from German)

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Child = Kind (קינד)

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