Rubin Family Portrait

I couldn’t be more proud of my children ā€” especially with all our family has been through. Here’s a link to their performance on American Idol (February 2024).

I couldn’t be more proud of my children ā€” especially with all our family has been through. Here’s a link to their performance on American Idol (February 2024).

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  In the news (a great little story on the Berklee website) February 29, 2024 Hello! If you follow my work at all, you know that my kids were on American Idol this week! After the episode aired they were mentioned in so many news sources, I can’t even keep track. The image directly above…

Are you in Portland, Oregon this week? Please join the Rubin Family on Saturday!

Are you in Portland, Oregon this week? Please join the Rubin Family on Saturday!

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For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to…

We listed our home for sale ā€” the listing goes live tomorrow (7/22/22)! Check out the great photos our realtor’s photographer took!

We listed our home for sale ā€” the listing goes live tomorrow (7/22/22)! Check out the great photos our realtor’s photographer took!

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  July 21, 2022 ā€” Thursday We’ve officially listed our home for sale! The listing goes live tomorrow (and I will update this post with the link as soon as I have it), but in the meantime I wanted to share the wonderful photos of our home that were taken by our real estate agent’s…

July 2022: Daron Jackson did ANOTHER amazing set of family photos for us (3 years since we last had her photograph our family!)

July 2022: Daron Jackson did ANOTHER amazing set of family photos for us (3 years since we last had her photograph our family!)

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July 21, 2022 – Thursday My friend Daron did a photo family session for us (right after A.J. arrived home on July 6th!). The last time she did this was exactly 3 years ago this month (link), so we definitely needed an update! [I just realized Charlie is wearing the same shirt as the one…

My Boys Standing in “that spot in the kitchen” over the years. I am going to find all the years of this photo and share them here!

My Boys Standing in “that spot in the kitchen” over the years. I am going to find all the years of this photo and share them here!

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This post is more for my kids than for anyone else! šŸ˜‰ December 2021! (missing A.J., with my husband standing in!) February 14, 2020 (Not in the kitchen! – Portland Art Museum Colescott Gala performance) December 26, 2019 (Also not in the kitchen – AJ had just performed in the PYP Christmas Concert) January 2018…

I could complain, but I really canā€™t complain. Some of the things I am grateful for in this time of CoViD-19.

I could complain, but I really canā€™t complain. Some of the things I am grateful for in this time of CoViD-19.

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First to acknowledge, there’s a lot thatā€™s worthy of complaint: During this Zombie Apocalypse it seems like there is a lot to complain about ā€” and even for an optimist like myself, there is. That said, there is so very much to be thankful for; our family feels like we are incredibly fortunate right now…

A Rubin Family update + a reminder about how the Lead Safe Mama website works (including the top 12 posts for today….)

A Rubin Family update + a reminder about how the Lead Safe Mama website works (including the top 12 posts for today….)

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Picture of me – with my four sons (Avi – 15, Charlie – 11, A.J. – 17 & Colescott – 23) on Valentineā€™s day. This picture was taken in the Portland Art Museum’s ā€œgreen roomā€ right before my two oldest boys performed at the opening gala for the retrospective exhibit of my eldest sonā€™s grandfatherā€™s work! Written:…

July 2019: Huge shout-out to Daron Jackson Photography for the new portraits she did for my family (& my website)!

July 2019: Huge shout-out to Daron Jackson Photography for the new portraits she did for my family (& my website)!

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Here’s my family portrait from 2009 ā€”10 years ago! You may have noticed I have been using the same family portrait on website posts and in the news for a very long time! Why? Finances, for one (it’s not always possible to set aside $ for this sort of thing when feeding your family is…

Friends have asked if they could get my boys something for the holidays…

Friends have asked if they could get my boys something for the holidays…

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December 9, 2017 Many friends have asked if they could get my boys something this holiday season. We have no resources right now (as a result of my mounting legal fees and the amount of time I have had to dedicate to these attacks over the past 18 months), so my response this year is…

Ask Tamara: My parents said they used these vintage items their whole life and I shouldn’t worry. “Your kids will be fine…”

Ask Tamara: My parents said they used these vintage items their whole life and I shouldn’t worry. “Your kids will be fine…”

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  For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…