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	<title>Single Parents Town: Helping Single Parents Succeed &#187; Patrick</title>
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		<title>Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/30/patrick/back-to-school-college-parties-bring-out-more-than-just-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Back to school college parties bring out more than just friends.
So my daughter went packing off to college for her third year.  Seems that last weekend, they had a back to school party at their apartment and lo and behold some &#8220;friend&#8221; of a friend walked off with her laptop computer.
Man, how I wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in the Roger Clemens&#8217; Tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/08/23/patrick/lessons-in-the-roger-clemens-tragedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Lessons in the Roger Clemens&#8217; Tragedy
So, to listen to the radio and sporting news this  weekend and hear that Rusty Hardin, the attorney defending Roger Clemens in against his congressional indictment;  it seems that an adamant defense is proof of innocence.
Hardin said something to the effect that the sheer tenacity with which Clemens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Serious Today&#8212;Just a Funny Kid Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Just a funny kid story
So a long long time ago I was at the lake with my two kiddos and my nephew.  He was a few years older than my guys so the ages were probably around 9 to 6 years old.
They were kicking around on the shoreline rocks and I was relaxing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A parable on relationship dynamics for your children and perhaps for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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A parable on relationship dynamics for your children and perhaps for you
So I am  reflecting back on a parable I once told to my daughter.  
This was after she had done some goofy &#8220;relationship dance&#8221; with another teen aged boy.  I had read this parable in a Jungian Psychology book many years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating takes on different forms at differnt stage of parent-child dynamic&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/05/24/patrick/communicating-takes-on-different-forms-at-differnt-stage-of-parent-child-dynamic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Kids communicate in all sorts of ways
Today I dialed a wrong number&#8230; The other person said, &#8220;Hello?&#8221; and I said,
&#8220;Hello, could I speak to Joey?&#8221;&#8230; They said, &#8220;Uh&#8230; I don&#8217;t think so&#8230;he&#8217;s only 2 months old.&#8221; I said, &#8220;I&#8217;ll wait.&#8221;
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		<title>A sad tale of one parent&#8217;s revenge affecting Mother&#8217;s Day celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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This is a sad tale.
This is a tale of meanness, small mindedness and bitter revenge with collateral damage inflicted upon the most innocent of innocents.
This is a sad tale.
So this past Sunday was Mother’s Day and I was discussing the upcoming celebration with a single mom who has two precious children.  When asked about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to all moms and dads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 20:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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I always look forward to Mother’s Day as it gives me a chance to shower appreciation on my mom for all the great stuff she did for her 8 children way back in the day.  It also gives me a chance to show my appreciation to my child rearing mentor, my older sister.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not paying attention to parenting conversations may mean you pay your kids to do work around the hosue</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/04/16/patrick/not-paying-attention-to-parenting-conversations-may-mean-you-pay-your-kids-to-do-work-around-the-hosue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Pay attention to parenting conversations and you may not have to pay for chores.
This whole parenting thing takes rigor and attention to detail.  I must admit there have been times when I am far too ADHD to stay completely focused.
I was reminded of this recently when I reflected on a conversation with my teen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter Parents and the question &#8220;Is parenting just one big roudning error anyway?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.singleparentstown.com/blog/2010/03/29/patrick/helicopter-parents-and-the-question-is-parenting-just-one-big-roudning-error-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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  Parenting&#8212;Is It All Just A Big Rounding Error
I look around and I see the &#8220;helicopter parents&#8221; hovering over their children as if they are going to clean up &#8220;little Johnnie&#8217;s&#8221; spilled milk before it even hits the ground.
I know a mom who still cuts up and feeds with a fork; her five year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TMZ.Sports will change the world! But who really cares?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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TMZ.Sports will change the world! But who really cares?
Is TMZ publicly traded?
If so, I will buy some stock as they are going to shake things up!   
They have now launched tmz.sports (http://www.tmz.com/category/tmzsports/) and they are going to change the world of sports as we know it!    
Perhaps not for the [...]]]></description>
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