Erica Rabhan
We Don’t Keep Secrets
Family rules are important in helping to shape kids. They offer boundaries and expectations. Our mantras include be kind to others, tell your truth, and try your best. In raising well-rounded human beings we...
Team Mom and Dad
You have all had that moment when your child runs up to you and ask for a piece of candy. You stop and think to yourself, “Didn’t we have doughnuts for breakfast?” Then they...
Decision Fatigue Is Soul-Crushing
The number of months we have been in this pandemic continues to mount. I’ve lost count of the number of decisions I make every day. My guess is it is in the hundreds. I...
A Love/Hate Relationship…With My Phone
The phone rings. I glance over to see who it is. If it is my parents, I always assume someone has died because when your parents get to a certain age often someone has,...
Child-Led Parenting: How It Changed My Family
You leave the hospital with this beautiful bundle of joy basking in the glow of new parenthood...and then you arrive home and think, “I have no idea what to do with this human!” Sound...
Teachers: We Are Asking Too Much of You
Teachers: We are asking too much of you.
For years they honorably come to their place of employment that has, at times, more resembled a social service office, medical provider, and food pantry rather than a school...
A Night Just For Us
I often see posts on social media talking about only having eighteen summers with my kids or the ones that tell me the days are long, but the years are short. These make me...
Learning Your Child’s Love Language
Everyone knows relationships take a lot of work to make them successful. But when we think about those relationships, it’s often in the context of adult relationships – your spouse, a friend, your parents...
Dear Boss, My Mornings Are Exhausting
Having two young kids is generally tiresome. Add a full-time job to this equation and the mornings are exhausting. For my entire professional life, I’ve worked for bosses who didn’t have tiny people. This...
Let Them Fight (Sibling Rivalry)
As an only child, I grew up in a house that was quiet, calm and generally uneventful. Both of my parents worked, so when I was old enough to stay home by myself, I...