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Aug 2023
26m 43s

Preparing Your Kids For the Teen Years (...

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Focus on the Family Vice President of Parenting and Youth Danny Huerta and popular author Jessie Minassian offer parents practical advice for teaching their kids about sex, puberty, and the many changes they'll experience during their teen years. (Part 2 of 2)

 

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