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Dealing With Jealousy – part 2

Yesterday we looked at some reasons for jealousy. But what of you are jealous of someone’s appearance? If you are jealous of another person because of their appearance, stop and analyze your own good qualities. These may include good cheekbones, a smile that lights up your face, expressive eyes, a good figure, a beautiful head of hair, etc. Whatever your best features are, try and make the best of them and draw attention away from those areas you do not consider to be as attractive. If is because of their appearance you need to realize you are never going to … Continue reading →

Are There Attributes Unique to a Great Single Parent?

I was chatting recently with a small group of parents—a couple of us were single parents while the others were partnered. One of the partnered ones said that she could never hack it as a single parent, she just didn’t have the right “attributes.” Now, I tend to think that parenting is parenting in many ways regardless of your situation—single parenting just takes a bit more organization and focus. But, her comment did settle in with me and I thought it might be an interesting topic for the Single Parents blog—do you think there are different attributes, or special ones … Continue reading →