I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.
If you're lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It's not a given, you know? It's not like, 'Well, it's normal'. No, it's not normal. It's lucky.