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		<title>DIVORCE IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS: MANAGING CHANGE IN CHALLENGING TIMES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The end of a marriage changes both the family and the family business. While your immediate goal may be surviving divorce without losing what you’ve spent years building, it’s equally important to consider how what seems like a private, personal event causes shifts and tremors in so many other key relationships.  Many people besides you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/09/02/divorce-in-the-family-business-managing-change-in-challenging-times/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Just a Stage They&#8217;re Going Through: Aren&#8217;t We All?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere is buzzing about  “What Is It About  20-Somethings?”, a widely covered recent New York Times Magazine piece. For their baby boomer parents, the answer to the title query is  reassuringly familiar  – It’s just a stage they’re going through. A new one, brought on by a cluster of factors including the economy and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/08/24/328/</link>
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		<title>THE REST IS UP TO THEM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Graduation has come and gone, and the  parents of the Class of 2010  are proud,  broke and glad it’s over. They have agendas they want to get back to, the second half of their lives to invent –  the part where they’re not old yet, just older. 
Well, don’t get too excited – it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/07/28/the-rest-is-up-to-them/</link>
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		<title>Why Family Businesses Need a Boundary Statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many family businesses have mission statements that clarify their values, goals and principles. But few have a boundary statement, which is even more important to the operation, profitability, reputation and stakeholder satisfaction of a family-owned enterprise.
A boundary statement sets out the lines, or boundary, between the business and the family. It protects both from boundary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/03/17/why-family-businesses-need-a-boundary-statement/</link>
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		<title>Unsure About College? Should They Go Anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is going to college without a clear career direction or any goal beyond just graduating worth the cost? How parents can help teenagers identify their strengths, values and interests, assess themselves functionally, and then decide whether going directly to college is the right move.]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/02/09/if-theyre-not-sure-about-college-should-they-go-anyway/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Transition Fever&#8221; Peaks in Winter for  Parents and Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parenting college-bound teenagers from senior year on while dealing with changes in marital, personal and family life. ]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2010/01/07/transition-fever-peaks-in-winter-for-parents-and-college-bound-teens/</link>
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		<title>Anxiety Dreams &#8211; The  Bag Lady Nightmare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how you know you&#8217;ve become a woman of a certain age: The anxiety dream that wakes you up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night isn&#8217;t the one about oversleeping your SAT&#8217;s, it&#8217;s the one about being a bag lady.
In my version, I&#8217;m trying to sneak a shopping cart full of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/29/anxiety-dreams-the-bag-lady-nightmare/</link>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Make Your Adult Children Happy, So Stop Trying!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Postparenting adult children who feel "entitled."]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/29/you-cant-make-your-adult-children-happy-so-stop-trying/</link>
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		<title>How to Know If Your Family Business Is Ruining Your Family&#8217;s Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick quiz to help you determine if your family business is  having a negative impact on relationships in your family.
FAMILY BUSINESS WORK/LIFE BOUNDARY QUIZ
1=never    2=sometimes    3=often   4=always
My personal and business friends are the same people.     ________
When I leave work, I don’t think about it – when I’m
off duty, I’m really off.        [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/how-to-know-if-your-family-business-is-ruining-your-familys-life/</link>
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		<title>When Does Postparenthood Start?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post-Parenthood starts when your kids are old enough to vote and lasts as long as you do.  It’s the final evolution of your role as a parent, and it requires what may be the most difficult task of all: acknowledging that they are adults, with the right to lead their own lives, make their own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://janeadams.com/2009/06/18/when-does-postparenthood-start/</link>
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