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Sunday Reflections

June 26, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: On being a Librarian and a Christian parent to an LGBTQ kid with a uterus in 2022

Teen librarian Karen Jensen talks about parenting an LGBTQ teen in this time of book bans

August 8, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: Endings and Beginnings

Teen librarian Karen Jensen reflects on the ending of high school and the beginning of college as a mother during a deadly global pandemic

July 11, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: In Which TLT Turns 10 and I Reflect

TLT creator Karen Jensen looks back and looks forward as Teen Librarian Toolbox kicks of a week of celebration in honor of their 10 year birthday!

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Sunday Reflections: We Promised Them Democracy

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What impact will charges of rampant corruption and voter fraud have on our most vulnerable youth moving forward?

Sunday Reflections: They’re Sacrificing Our Poorest Children, Same as it Ever Was

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What - or who - are we sacrificing if we re-open our school buildings in the fall during a pandemic?

Sunday Reflections: Reflecting on My Reflections. On a Sunday, of course.

February 23, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reflecting on 9 years of Sunday Reflections. On a Sunday, of course.

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Sunday Reflections: Dear Adults, Please Stop Talking About How Much You Hate Your Body in Front of My Children

February 9, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

If you are an adult who works with you, please consider how the way you talk about your body and diet can have a negative impact on the youth you serve.

Sunday Reflections: What I’ve Been Learning about Childhood Trauma and Librarianship

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A personal medical emergency and reflections on trauma informed librarianship.

Sunday Reflections: How the Language of Deconstructing One’s Faith Helped Me Understand Adolescence

March 31, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

One of the most fundamental tasks of adolescence is to figure out a self-identity. And often, this involves the deconstruction of faith.

Sunday Reflections: Let’s Update Those YA Lit Articles with Current Titles, and more suggestions for how we talk about YA lit in the media

March 24, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

So you want to write about YA literature. What books are you using as your examples and why?

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