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Contents
To My Fellow Parents (Why now.)
Music and Memory (Pure joy.)
Worn Out (The oldest trick in the parenting book.)
The Size of Things (Keeping it in perspective.)
A Single Puff (The first of many temptations.)
TV Money (A fun lesson about priorities.)
Directions (Roads, choices...getting lost.)
The Great Books vs. The Great Comic Books ('Nuff said.)
Brothers and Sisters (The many meanings of family.)
The Most Important Thing (An interlude.)
Hey, Four Eyes (Kids see us through.)
Teachers (The first of many.)
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? (No idea!)
The Wall (A time and a place.)
Home Ecchhh (Gender and stereotypes.)
First Dance (Another milestone.)
My Parents (A big thank you.)
Choir Boy (What not to do.)
Revenge of the Nerds (It's cool to be smart.)
I'm Still Ashamed (A big lesson about friendship and loyalty.)
The "Good Old Days" (Not.)
Ten Things That Would Make Me A Cooler Dad (A wish list.)
Procrastination (Tick tock, tick tock.)
First Jobs (Minimum wage, maximum experience.)
Saved by the Theater (An adult saves the summer.)
Cliques (Everpresent.)
The Grass is Greener (Especially on a baseball field.)
As the Saying Goes (Time-tested admonitions.)
The Starving Armenians (A lesson about trying to teach a lesson.)
Say a Prayer (Bike riding, religion, and tolerance.)
Look Both Ways (Country life, city life, and being careful.)
City Kids (Did us hicks have it better?)
The Major Food Group (The perils and joys of chocolate.)
Slow Down, We Move Too Fast (An obsession with time.)
Jesus Christ Comes to Southold (Or so it was rumored.)
Boundaries (Setting limits.)
10 Simple Rules for Parents and Kids (A quick checklist.)
Just a Game (Foolish competition.)
Hair ( Dad's a doll.)
Our Own Little Woodstock (Half a dozen strong.)
Sweet (Kernels of truth.)
A Snowball's Chance in Heck ( Taking aim.)
Teachers, Part Two (Now they tell us.)
My Town from a Boat ( Freedom.)
#*&^@$%* (She teaches us yet another lesson.)
The Roots of Art (Burnt siena, anyone?)
Fluid States (What we live for.)
Altered States (Avoiding black holes.)
The Good Old Days - Part 2 (Turn down the volume.)
Geography Lesson (Small is beautiful.)
On the Street Where We Were Loved (Houses and homes.)
First Romance (First love, for awhile or forever.)
Like Father, Like Son (I get what he was trying to do.)
Cursed by a Happy Childhood (A postscript.)
Acknowledgments
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Lennertz, Carl Childhood and youth, Long Island (N, Y, ) Social life and customs, Long Island (N, Y, ) Biography