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Lois Collins

Veteran Deseret News reporter and columnist covering family policy, health, and research from Salt Lake City.

Oct 12, 2026

29:11
Mm-hmm.
29:11
She, she loved freely, and it came back to her.
29:15
So I, at one point, this is a shameful story for me, but a good story for her, I was doing an early Sub for Santa, and I got a request for a size 18 women's shirt for a four-year-old.
29:28
Hmm.
29:29
And I thought, "Oh, mom wants a shirt," which is a very un-Christian thought to just assume that, but I figured, okay, they, you know, it's, it's a mistake.
29:38
So I went and met the family, like I always did in those days before Sub for Santa, and there was a little girl who was about up to my hips, and she would've needed a size 18 shirt.
5:56
Mm.
5:56
And I thought, "Oh, mom wants a shirt," which is a very un-Christian thought to just assume that.
6:02
But I figured, okay, that, you know- It's, it's a mistake.
6:05
So I went and met the family, like I always did in those days before Soup for Sunday, and there was a little girl who was about up to my hips, and she would've needed a size 18 shirt.
6:16
There was-
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10:44
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10:48
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11:03
He hid behind the deeds of Ted Bundy, and he's only been convicted of two murders, but is suspected of many more.
95:39
Mm-hmm
95:39
...
95:40
so developmentally.
95:41
So they looked at, they have 12 policies that they know from different research really benefits families.
95:47
And when you benefit families, you benefit babies.
95:51
And so they looked, this particular report, they do an annual report called the m- uh, Roadmap, but this particular report actually looks back over 10 years to see what kind of progress has been made-

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102:38
Right.
102:39
So you need some of these things, but if they're available, it helps.
2:20
Mm-hmm
2:20
...
2:20
so developmentally.
2:21
So they looked at, they have 12 policies that they know from different research really benefits families.
2:28
And when you benefit families, you benefit babies.
2:31
And so they looked, this particular report, they do an annual report called the m- uh, Roadmap, but this particular report actually looks back over 10 years to see what kind of progress has been made-

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9:18
Right.
9:19
So you need some of these things, but if they're available, it helps.

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