Adolescent Development
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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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