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A couple appeared picture-perfect on “House Hunters Renovation,” viewers had no idea they were foster parents struggling to keep our marriage intact.

The stress of filming, home renovation and foster care uncertainty motivated them to try couples therapy before the boys left.

They rebuilt their relationship and later adopted a daughter, who has been with them for over eight years.

When my wife and I appeared on “House Hunters Renovation,” our onscreen lives looked perfect as our home was rebuilt. But offscreen, our family was falling apart. Although we transformed the kitchen with imported tiles and a French range plucked from our shared Pinterest board, viewers had no idea we wer

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