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Why Does Nobody Ever Call the Police? by Teen Contributor Riley Jensen
Today teen contributor talks asks a profound question of YA lit: Why does no one ever call the police?
Postcard Apps Review: Using Postcards to Stay Connected with TAG Members During a Pandemic and Virtual Burnout
Want an unconventional way to connect with TAG members during a pandemic? Try postcards. There's an app for that.
Abortion in YA Literature: Beyond the Issues, a guest post by Hilary T. Smith
There have been many recent articles written suggesting that sex in YA literature is the last taboo. I, however, would argue that just as it is in the real world, abortion remains the last taboo in YA literature. Which isn’t surprising when you consider it is the last taboo in almost all of main stream […]
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Sunday Reflections: Not All Educations are Created Equal
I was speaking to someone the other day about the issue of growing poverty in the U.S. when the friend shocked me by victim blaming kids living in poverty. The most surprising part of it all was that this friend is a social work major who is going into the field to help children. She […]
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Teens and Poverty: PBS Newshour Discusses Being Homeless and Trying to Graduate High School
As I thought about writing my post earlier today about teachers, I couldn’t help but think of my 4th grade teacher. I remember her name, I remember what she looked like, and I remember the intense hatred I had for her. You see, in the 4th grade my parents separated and divorced. We went from […]
The Relational Reading Revolution Revisited
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Talk about Sex, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Let’s talk about sex, babyLet’s talk about you and meLet’s talk about all the good thingsAnd the bad things that may beLet’s talk about sex – Let’s Talk about Sex, Salt ‘n’ Pepa I confess. I am not a parent. I have no kids. Never had, never attempted, never will. I have nieces and nephews […]
Tales from the Crib: Babysitting 411 with Don’t Sit on the Baby by Halley Bondy (TPIB)
Raise your hand if your first job was babysitting. (Karen raises hand.) Raise your hand if you had any clue what you were doing. (Karen puts hand down.) In this post we talk about this great babysitting guide and I will share with you a step-by-step program to help give your teens the information they […]
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