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The #SVYALit Project: First Responders, part 1 (by author Christa Desir)
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, First Responder, Sexual Violence, Teen Issues
|When I was six years old, I got lost in a mall. I went out to the parking lot to look for my car and got in a stranger’s car instead, someone who told me he could help me. The half hour that followed changed my life, though I said nothing about it at the […]
10+ #SVYALit Project Resources
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Resources, Sexual Violence, Teen Issues
|As part of the #SVYALit Project, we have spent a lot of time compiling statistics and looking for resources to help us talk with teens, parents, educators and librarians about the issues. Today we are compiling some of the best resources we have found to help create a well rounded picture of the issues at […]
Last night I came home from working at my library with a DVD in hand to watch with my family. It was 10 o’clock, but it’s one of our last few nights where we can stay up late so I went to slip it in. As the DVD player opened, a movie sat inside of […]
Sunday Reflections: Sometimes You are Not the One, and That’s Okay
40 Developmental Assets, Networking, Professional Development, Teen Issues
|One of my earliest and most terrifying encounters working with teens in the library came early on in my career, before I had taken a single class to help me understand the ins and outs of just what it was I was signing up for. A teen boy came in to the library one day, […]
Teens and Poverty: PBS Newshour Discusses Being Homeless and Trying to Graduate High School
Coe Booth, Do Something, Education, Ellen Hopkins, High School, Poverty, Smoke, Teen Issues, Teens, Todd Strasser, Tyrell
|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 […]
I’ve mentioned it before, but The Tween has had some difficulties with a neighborhood girl. For a while they were really close friends, but things fell apart. I recently was having a discussion with her mom when I told her this story: The other Sunday I came home from work and The Mr. informed me […]
When you see a kid at your library day after day, showing up right after school and staying until closing – which is 9 PM – you start to wonder things like, what are you doing about food, why aren’t you going home, and does someone know (or care) where you are. There once was […]
What we can learn about the gift of security and foundation from USES FOR BOYS by Erica Lorraine Scheidt (by Christa Desir)
#SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Consent, Erica Lorraine Scheidt, Parenting, security, Sexual Violence, Teen Issues, Uses for Boys
|A long time ago, I sat at a lecture where the speaker said, “Don’t be afraid to tell your kids ‘I love you, but no’. This is the very best gift that you can ever give them. It is the gift of security, of them knowing that someone is driving the bus.” I think about […]
Diversity discussions have been picking up steam lately. These discussions aren’t just limited to libraries and books. Television shows, technology industries, and more are picking up on why it’s important to include people of color into the mix. My Twitter feed is abuzz with hashtags such as #weneeddiversebooks and #diveristyinYA. Check out the Official Site […]
Since beginning the #SVYALit Project, I spend a lot of time thinking about consent and how we teach our kids about it. The truth is, we really must start teaching our kids very early. In many ways when our kids get to the teen years, if we still haven’t talked to them about consent then […]
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