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Adolescent Development

February 25, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Empathy, remembering what it’s like to be a teen and how it helps us be better teen services librarians

In the summer before I began my Junior year of high school my family moved. Again. That’s what happens when you are a military family. But even though you know it’s going to happen, it doesn’t make it suck any less. A few weeks into the new semester at a new school I received a […]

January 21, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Serving Full T.I.L.T.: Sarcasm, Spice and Everything Awesome: The Developing Teen by Rebecca Denham

Teenhood is a confusing time for teens and the adults in their lives.  Adolescents who never before questioned authority are suddenly abusing sarcasm, questioning every authority figure in sight and dependent on their friends rather than parental figures for emotional support.  There are biological changes impacting teens physiologically and social development factors that influence the […]

June 6, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

In defense of teens by Heather Booth

If you haven’t read the recent article chastising adults for enjoying teen lit, you could seek it out, or you could just not bother (we won’t link to it here). I did have the misfortune of reading it. It didn’t make me angry though, it made me sad. And it didn’t make me sad for […]

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How we Talk about Teenaged Characters in Books is Completely Wrong, a look at adolescent development

March 28, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Check out the Oct 2011 edition for more Occasionally I will read a review of a book and they will say things like they hated the book because the main character, a teenager, “made stupid decisions”, was “stupid”, was “whiny”, was “selfish”, or was “impulsive”.  When I read these reviews I can’t help but think, […]

The 2017 Mindset List

August 20, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The 2017 Beloit College Mindset List was released today, and it is worth a read, as always.  Go ahead and take a look now if you haven’t already. I was already in college when the first Mindset List was released for the class of 2002, but I recall my friends and I poring over it (found […]

Sunday Reflections: The sacred & the profane

March 31, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

To many of us, for many teens, the library can be a sacred space.  A place of refuge and quiet contemplation.  A place where the everyday expectations and pressures of life are lifted and teens are allowed to be themselves more genuinely, more authentically, more freely than they might be allowed to express at home, […]

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On the Seventh Day of Blogmas, my TLT gave to me

December 11, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Show Me Librarian!  Okay, so I know this is Teen Librarian’s Toolbox and the blog I’m ‘giving’ to you is primarily for children’s services BUT those of us working in public libraries 1) sometimes serve both populations, 2) are always looking for good Tween/Teen books and programs, and/or 3) (if you’re me…) HATE working […]

Book Review: Uncool, a Girl’s Guide to Misfitting In by Erin Elisabeth Conley

November 16, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Unrules: Be kind to your fellow misfits. Believe that black is a color suitable for any occasion, worthy of even being added to the rainbow. Think.  Be.  Think and be different. Throw caution to the wind.  Take chances with fashion, hobbies, hopes, and dreams. Be OK with wearing things that your mother, grandmother, or […]

Book Review: Dear Teen Me edited by E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally

October 15, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Every once in a while you come across an idea so genius you wish you had thought of it.  One of those ideas is Dear Teen Me.  Dear Teen Me began as a website and is now a book published by Zest Books.  In Dear Teen Me, an eclectic variety of teen authors have written […]

Wild Child Conference 2011: Asset Building

July 23, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Every year in September in Marion, Ohio there is a conference known as The Wild Child Conference. The goal of this conference is to keep educators and organizations that work with teens in the know about teen life, culture, and the topics that impact their lives. For the third year in a row, I have […]

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