{"id":78,"date":"2015-01-29T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/01\/help-how-do-i-keep-my-14-year-old-occupied-this-summer.html"},"modified":"2015-02-24T21:35:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T03:35:03","slug":"help-how-do-i-keep-my-14-year-old-occupied-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/01\/help-how-do-i-keep-my-14-year-old-occupied-this-summer.html","title":{"rendered":"Help!  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