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The Family Weekly: The Benefits of Teaching Sex Ed to Preschoolers

Plus: teaching preteen girls about puberty, unexpected news about STD rates, and KFC’s latest marketing stunt aimed at babies
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This Week in Family

It’s often tough for American parents to figure out the right time to start talking to their children about their changing bodies, especially when it comes to sex.

Twenty years ago, American Girl published the best-selling book in an attempt to help As Allison Pohle writes, the book’s reassuring

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