Barbara Rushkoff's new parenting blog
posted by David Pescovitz at 10:27:53 AM

Barbara Rushkoff is now blogging at Babble, the new urban parenting site
launched by Nerve.com founder Rufus Griscom. I've gotten a kick out of
Barbara's brilliant wit, nerdy irreverence, and comforting honesty since the
days of her print 'zine Plotz. (Her book Jewish Holiday Fun For You! is a
high-larious holiday gift.) As a new dad, I'm looking forward to following
Barbara's parenting adventures on her Babble blog, "A Girl Grows In
Brooklyn." From a recent post:

    From where I stand, in the middle of Park Slope, I'm almost urban, not
quite suburban, and alls I can say that the farthest thing on my mind is
trying to be cool.

    Here's the thing. I remember when Mamie was 6 months old I went out and
spent $32 on a Sex Pistols t-shirt for her. Here I was imposing my youth on
her, like my punk days would show everyone how cool my kid was. How cool I
was. So can I tell you how stupid I felt when nannies at the local
playground would look at me and ask me about the shirt.

    "Well, it's this band that I used to love."

    I didn't mention that the only time I listen to Never Mind The Bullocks
these days is when I clean the house. Punk rock man, yeah. (Isn't John Lydon
like 60 now anyway?) But saying that sentence I realized the shirt had
nothing to do with my kid, and everything to do with me trying to show
everyone what kind of parent I was trying to be. Which is so wrong. 

Link
http://babble.com/CS/blogs/girlgrowsinbrooklyn/




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