What my politically divided family teaches me Tami Pyfer

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Oct 7, 202614:03Society & Culture

Tami Pyfer has five kids who belong to five different political parties, and sometimes family conversations get heated. Drawing on her work as a former policy advisor to the governor of Utah, she wanted to find a healthi...

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