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Heidi Stevens: From that J. Lo, Shakira halftime show to the Hallmark same-sex wedding ad, what's family-friendly anyway?

We watched Super Bowl LIV with some friends who have a high school freshman and a sixth grader. My kids are in eighth and fifth grades. We all tuned in and out of the game, in and out of the commercials, in and out of the halftime show. At one point, a game of Clue was taking place to my left and a Nerf football was being thrown back and forth in front of me and the dog just tried not to get stepped on.

Toward the end of Shakira and J.Lo's halftime performance, my friend

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