by Robert Zeitlin | May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Ilayza Macayan/Unsplash When China loosened restrictions on social movement and people could finally leave their homes, there was a spike in women filing for divorce. According to one woman interviewed, she didn’t “want to endure anymore. We’ve agreed to...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Aaron Mello/Unsplash Remember when life was simple and easy? Were you only inches away from becoming as calm as Buddha? and then… kids? If bearing and raising children set you back from your quest to achieve Nirvana, I feel you. You can’t deny it: you...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Parenting in Reverse I remember driving home fast, reaching back to tickle toes to keep my daughter awake in her car seat, until I could put her down for her nap. I don’t know how this happened so fast but now she’s all grown up and drives herself. Last...
by Robert Zeitlin | Dec 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Tamara Bells/Unsplash Seriously, what do you have in there? I’m asking as a man who carries a super-thin wallet. The few items I carry in my wallet allow me to buy my next meal, show ID at work, or call AAA. That’s all I really need. It’s an old joke...
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels My friend Nicole has three kids under 7. The last of the three is about to have her tonsils removed. Her oldest just started second grade. Oh, and she has two businesses that she runs from home, her blog and a freelance writing...
by Robert Zeitlin | Aug 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
I sit back, her kiss still fresh on my cheek, her laughter still echoing in the car, and watch my little girl climb the steps to the preschool at our local synagogue. In a month, I thought, she’ll be sleeping in her own new bed and making all new friends. No, she’s...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Babies don’t come with a manual. At least they should have a warning label on their little hospital cap for the new parent: WARNING: Parenting may cause stress. Sources of stress include Facebook, your friends, relatives, societal pressure, and a lack of...
by Robert Zeitlin | Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
…do *LESS* for your kids You aren’t just raising a child. You are preventing colon cancer. You wake up every morning to pave the road to an Ivy League education. Face it: before you get out of bed in the morning, you hoist the weight of the world on your...
by Robert Zeitlin | Sep 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Heroes take action. We admire people who act boldly. But sometimes we overdo our fascination with “taking action.” We like to say: Don’t just sit there, do something. Get to your desk early and stay until closing time. We become slaves to the clock,...
by Robert Zeitlin | Sep 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Author Jim Rohn suggested that you are the “average” of the five people with whom you spend the most time in your life. Think about the people with whom you spend the most time each day. (Take a moment and write down a list of your top five.) Now ask...
