{"id":3343,"date":"2013-04-20T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T19:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/20\/well-said-httpclimbing-the-hill-blogspot-ca201304a-letter-to-concerned-mother-html\/"},"modified":"2013-04-21T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:42:12","slug":"well-said-httpclimbing-the-hill-blogspot-ca201304a-letter-to-concerned-mother-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/20\/well-said-httpclimbing-the-hill-blogspot-ca201304a-letter-to-concerned-mother-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Well Said.http:\/\/climbing-the-hill.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/a-letter-to-concerned-mother.html"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Well Said.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/climbing-the-hill.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/a-letter-to-concerned-mother.html\" class=\"ot-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/climbing-the-hill.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/a-letter-to-concerned-mother.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/climbing-the-hill.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/a-letter-to-concerned-mother.html\" target=\"_blank\">climbing the hill: A Letter To A Concerned Mother<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Recently a friend related me a request for some advice for her son&#8217;s career through a rather circuitous route. 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