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		<title>When Things Get Awful…WAIT!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When everything is awful, you wonder why you’re there. You get another phone call from school to report that your stepson is truant…again. Or your son just got caught shoplifting candy. Or your kid is depressed and can’t get up to go to school. Your stepdaughter is stealing money or worse, your clothes. You catch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unbreakable Bonds: How To Help The Kids</title>
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