Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

A Life of Resilience and Justice: A Conversation with Norman Shabel

25 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, the speaker recounts a harsh upbringing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, describing extreme childhood poverty and reliance on welfare. The father suffered a severe head injury while working at the Navy Yard, which altered his behavior and impacted the family. The mother, who married at fourteen and received no formal education in the United States, managed to raise three children under these challenging circumstances, demonstrating remarkable resilience and determination.

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Well, I, I was brought up in a place called Brownsville, Brooklyn, New Jersey. My parents were extremely poor. They were on welfare. My father got hit in the head with a metal when he was working for the Navy Yard, and ever since then, he was not the same anymore. My, my mother was something of another world. She raised 3 children so amiably and so, and getting out so much. It's, it's amazing since she got married at 14 years old and didn't go through any kind of schooling in America at all.