A Winter Story

02/08/25 • 15 min

Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Dave Van Ronk, Pete Seeger... Folk music was the soundtrack of my childhood. I knew there was a neighborhood right across the river from Brooklyn, just a subway ride away, filled with streets and cafes where it was all happening. Greenwich Village was the promised land, and I just wanted to be there all the time.

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Don't You Laugh

By virtue of where we come from, Brooklyn kids are basically expected to be smart-asses, just like the people who rear us. It's part of the culture. If the sarcastic comeback, the witty quip and dark humor doesn't flow naturally from a child's lips, his elders may worry about him. However, there's a fine line between making jokes that have your proud parents in stitches and being deemed disrespectful. Sometimes it's about knowing when not to laugh.

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The Brooklyn Book of Baby and Child Care

In the 1950s, a copy of Dr. Benjamin Spock’s book, Baby and Child Care could be found in practically every household. Dr. Spock encouraged parents to trust their own instincts. Did that strategy work? Listen to today’s story and you tell me.