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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Marriage is not a fairytale and it's not 50/50. Anita gets real about what it actually takes to choose someone every day for the long haul — the hard seasons, the good ones, and everything in between. Submit your anonymous question at https://subscribepage.io/SXO5bo ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We teach our kids to drive a car. Why do we not teach them to balance a checkbook? This week Anita gets into the life skills gap — what we're teaching, what we're skipping, and why it matters more than any GPA ever will. Submit your anonymous question at https://subscribepage.io/SXO5bo ]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>We teach our kids to drive a car. Why do we not teach them to balance a checkbook? This week Anita gets into the life skills gap — what we&apos;re teaching, what we&apos;re skipping, and why it matters more than any GPA ever will. Submit your anonymous question at https://subscribepage.io/SXO5bo</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We teach our kids to drive a car. Why do we not teach them to balance a checkbook? This week Anita gets into the life skills gap — what we&apos;re teaching, what we&apos;re skipping, and why it matters more than any GPA ever will. Submit your anonymous question at https://subscribepage.io/SXO5bo</p>]]></content:encoded>
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