Nina and her husband moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn, from Connecticut two years ago, after 30-odd years of raising their own two sons. And she realised early on that young adults back home were different in many ways. “Connecticut millennials have other goals – it’s all about jobs, houses, permanent relationships, she said. “They go into almost a young middle age. Here, it’s a more bohemian, artistic lifestyle. But more freedom also leads to more problems, and Nina often found herself counselling millennials who reached out to her in yoga studios and cafes.
在花费30多年将两个儿子抚养成人后,两年前尼娜和她的丈夫从康涅狄克州搬到纽约布鲁克林的布什威克。她很早就意识到老家年轻人在很多方面的不同。“在康涅狄克州,千禧一代有不同的目标——都与工作、房子、人际关系有关,她说道。“他们几乎算得上年轻的中年人。而在这里,人们走的是放荡不羁的艺术风格。但自由越大问题也越多,尼娜经常会辅导瑜伽室、咖啡馆里认识的千禧一代。
“As I started to live in the neighborhood, do yoga and frequent coffee shops, I’ve noticed that a lot of young people in the neighborhood wanted to talk to me about what was going on in their lives, she told Bushwick Daily. Like this one man who was upset over losing a job and ended up pouring his heart out to Nina over a cup of coffee. She ended up rewriting his resume. Soon, so many young people were approaching her that Nina realised she could really help them by being a mother-figure in their lives. And that’s how NeedAMom was born. It’s a fairly new business and she’s had about six clients so far, all from Bushwick.
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