<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-1998/raising-independent-kids.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Raising Independent Kids</title><excerpt>When Carl and Pat Simonsen learned that their son, Matt ’98, wanted to go to Westmont, they decided to investigate. To their surprise, they discovered people in their own Aloha, Ore., church who were connected to the college. Liking what they learned, they endorsed his decision to enroll.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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