by Robert Zeitlin | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
What is Father’s Day? Is it a day to honor your father? to celebrate your masc parental figure? or to give Dad a break? Yes to all of these, and … Today you get to make your own FREE Father’s Day card! (My Mom would be so proud that we are subverting Hallmark’s plan...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Parenting sucks sometimes. If you’re lucky, your kids take it easy on you. If you’re really lucky, they make you look like great parents. What if the little plastic arrow on the cardboard spinner of your Game of Life doesn’t land on the lucky side? Well, you can be in...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I feel like a fool. I just learned how to use Flonase. You don’t understand. This is huge. I have taken Flonase for over 20 years. Today I learned that I have been wasting over 90% of it by using it improperly. The short version: Instead of allowing the medicine...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Fatherhood is ego-bruising work. Isn’t it weird? I KNOW that I’m an expert but my kids make me FEEL like a complete novice. You manage a team at work. You exceed expectations. But this morning, you could barely manage to get the kids to school on time. The kids I...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Why didn’t you honk at him?!” my wife Betsy demands, exasperated and angry with the driver who just cut us off. She would have laid on the horn but I swerved instead. Betsy’s question immediately triggers shame. Real men fight for their space. We are supposed to...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
“You’re a Momma’s Boy!” Oh, the things we say! Why do we tell boys not to cry, not to show emotions or weakness? Are we trying to protect them? From what? One answer: a harsh world, a dog-eat-dog world. We are training Spartans who can “win the fight.” One of the...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
No one listens to me. I give up. I’m tired of trying to tell you how I feel. You don’t care what makes me sad, worried, or frustrated. These were the messages I learned growing up. They still dictate how I function most of the time. For instance, we spend...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m sorry. The most powerful two-word phrase in the English language …and every language: I’m sorry. Why is it so powerful to hear “I’m sorry”? Because “I’m sorry” can repair the hurt that I caused you. A true apology can rebuild and strengthen...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m not OK. I just can’t tell you that. If you ask someone, “Are you OK?” you can break the cycle of “I’m fine.” From having worked with men and boys for over two decades, I see the pressure on people socialized as men to keep moving and not slow down. Life feels like...
by Robert Zeitlin | May 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Time is a vanishing asset. You can spend it, waste it, or give it. I am learning how to take it. I take time to heal, to rest, and to replenish. I seek to become Time Wealthy. My path to treat time differently began with learning to meditate. Everyone talks about...
