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It's the time of year where family, or the absence of it, is perhaps more evident than other times of the year. Families are complicated units of people trying to do life together, bound together by blood or desire. When a family is healthy and mostly functioning well (let's face it, all families are a wee bit dysfunctional) it is a vital part of your life and of theirs. Here's 10 reasons why. (There's some interesting, or perhaps obvious is the better word, typos in the article but I'm trusting you'll be able to read around them.) 



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