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04 May 2008 10:19 AM

Who Are Your Learning Partners?

by Kori Rodley Irons

I believe that we have people in our lives for reasons. Even those people who are the most challenging can be good learning partners--allowing us to learn important life lessons, develop knowledge and skills, or work on personal development.

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02 May 2008 12:04 PM

Getting Stuck in the Details

by Kori Rodley Irons

Paying attention to the details can be a plus. There is nothing wrong with tending to the ordinary, daily details of life and, as a matter of fact, it can be extraordinary helpful for a single parent to have good attention to detail.

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30 Apr 2008 09:06 PM

What is "Wasting Time" to you, May Not Be to your Child

by Kori Rodley Irons

Time management is a big topic of conversation here in the Single Parents blog. We seem to be constantly brainstorming ways to get more done in an average day and to do it was as little stress and pressure as possible.

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30 Apr 2008 12:54 PM

Why it Doesn't Feel Like Sacrifice

by Kori Rodley Irons

The other day I was chatting with a friend of mine who does not have kids and in a casual conversation I was just talking about things that were going down in my little family household.

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30 Apr 2008 07:35 AM

We Need to Feel a Sense of Competency

by Kori Rodley Irons

We know that we cannot be perfect. I do not know of a single parent who is striving for absolutely perfection (or who will admit to it), but I also know that we can spend a lot of time feeling like we are bumping around in the dark or bumbling along and that is definitely no fun.

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29 Apr 2008 09:19 PM

Be Ready for Big Leaps

by Kori Rodley Irons

I realized when I was writing earlier that some of my cautionary articles can come across as big downers! I know that many of us single parents are often dealing with all sorts of changes, trials, and transitions but there are some amazingly positive things that happen as well.

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29 Apr 2008 12:37 PM

Are You Purposefully Prolonging Transition?

by Kori Rodley Irons

Maybe you call it "getting stuck" or maybe it is really just trying to avoid change or hold back the tide-but sometimes we purposefully hold ourselves back to keep from moving all the way through a period of transition.

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29 Apr 2008 09:39 AM

Trying to Keep a Recession in Perspective

by Kori Rodley Irons

There is so much talking going on now about recession and budget cuts and financial disaster. It is easy to get caught up in the concerns and predictions of doom.

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28 Apr 2008 10:55 PM

Learning and Gathering What You Really Need to Know

by Kori Rodley Irons

Many of us single parents often feel like we are doing trapeze without a net. Even if you are a single parent by choice, you might have those days when you have no idea what you are doing and feel completely out of your element.

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28 Apr 2008 03:53 PM

Some Events Have a Lasting Positive Effect

by Kori Rodley Irons

As single parents, many of us worry that the life events we have been through may having a lasting negative effect on our children. In fact, I think this can be a fairly common worry for ANY parents, not just single ones.

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