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The Family Weekly: The Case for Not Saying “Hey Guys”

Plus: Parenting potential psychopaths, leaving kids at college, and cutting ties from an abusive mother.
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“Guys” has become part of everyday vernacular to address groups of people, but the staff writer Joe Pinsker talked to a motley crew of individuals—teachers, ice-cream scoopers, debate coaches, urban planners—about . Often, “guys” is seen as a symbol of exclusion—a word with an originally male meaning used to

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