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# When is a Fort Not Really a Fort, and When is it Even Better?

August 6, 2014 1 min read

Money didn’t come easily for our family when we were kids, and mom watched every penny to make sure we had enough for the essentials. So when she “invested” a whole dollar to buy a “life-like” play fort, she was understandably upset when it finally arrived – in a plain manilla envelope by U.S. mail…

You might be surprised at what happened next, in my post this month for Parents magazine: click here (http://www.parents.com/blogs/parents-perspective/tag/harley-rotbart-series/)

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