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The Family Weekly: The Complexities of Parenting Kids Who Say They’re Trans

Plus: the dangers of a no-hugging policy, and panic over turning 50
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This Week in Family

The issue of child welfare was on many people’s minds last week, with news of the Trump administration’s separation of more than 2,000 children from parents facing charges of illegally crossing the border. Ashley Fetters, a staff writer at a troubling side effect of this policy: Some shelter staffers have reported that they are prevented from hugging or touching

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