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The San Diego chapter of Project Linus, based in Pacific Beach, has donated more than 50,000 handmade blankets to children and teens since the chapter was founded in 1987.

When you force kids to hug — even if it's a relative — it sends them the wrong message about their bodily autonomy and whether their opinion matters.

We tell kids, "Keep your hands to yourself." But we also need to teach kids that affection is not mandatory. They don't have to hug that relative they only see during the holidays.