{"id":10339,"date":"2024-12-05T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/?page_id=10339"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:31:04","slug":"families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmns.org\/education\/families\/","title":{"rendered":"Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\/* Match fixed header + notification bars; synced in footer via --hmns-header-stack-height *\/\n\t#container { padding-top: var(--hmns-header-stack-height, 175px) !important; }\n\tbody.admin-bar #container { padding-top: var(--hmns-header-stack-height, calc(175px + 32px)) !important; }\n\t@media screen and (max-width: 786px) {\n\t\tbody.admin-bar #container { padding-top: var(--hmns-header-stack-height, calc(175px + 46px)) !important; }\n\t}\n\t#content { padding-top: 0; margin-top: -150px; }\n\t#simple-page-header {\n\t\tpadding: 300px 0 106px;\n\t\tmargin: 0px auto 0px;\t\n\t\twidth: 1400px;\n\t\tmax-width: 100%;\n\t\tz-index: 3;\n\t}\n\t#simple-page-header .fw-bg {\n\t\tposition: absolute;\n\t\ttop: 0;\n\t\tleft: 50%;\n\t\twidth: 100vw;\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\ttransform: translate(-50%,0);\n\t\tz-index: 0;\t\n\t}\n\t#simple-page-header .simple-page-header-titles {\n\t\t\t\n\t}\n\t#simple-page-header .simple-page-header-titles .sp-super-title {\n\t\tcolor: white;\t\n\t\tmargin-bottom:16px;\n\t}\n\t#simple-page-header .simple-page-header-titles .sp-super-title svg { margin-right: 8px; 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