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Apr 2023
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Brett Favre on Tough Love, Parenting, an...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, in Part 2 of our 5-part series, Greg Hengler sits down with Brett Favre where the legendary NFL quarterback gets very personal about tough love, telling the truth, and having a parenting style that’s different than his fathers.

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