Librarians Punch Down on Teenagers By Anthony Bernier | October 2023 How can I continue doing this work? I teach future librarians about serving teenagers professionally and equitably. People find it odd that librarians need this teaching. The behaviors of national library leaders, though, demonstrate they do. The hottest issue in libraries today pits libraries
American journalists, politicians, and interest groups left to right agree: It’s okay to lie about teens. Mike Males | February 2023 Ninety-nine percent of the tens of thousands of news stories and commentaries on teenagers, suicide, and drug overdose lie. The willfully create a false impression. UCLA Health is cruder than most, posting the flat lie
Schools Squander Imperative By Adam Fletcher | January 2023 Schools are struggling, to say the least. By their own report, the US Department of Education paints a damning picture of the inability of educators and school leaders to recapture and re-institute the “good ol’ days” before the pandemic. Stories I have heard directly from teachers
Michelle Obama Blames Her Relationship Challenges On Her Young Daughters By Milo Santamaria | January 2023 I was a child in the early 2000s, which means I grew up during the Obama administration. I was eight, almost nine, years old when former president Obama was inaugurated for his first term. And I’m old enough now
Why does anyone pay attention to Jonathan Haidt? By Mike Males | January 2023 The tiresome trashing of younger generations has gone on at least since Greek poet Hesiod berated 700 BC’s “reckless” and “frivolous… youth of today” for endangering “the future of our people.” No one has said anything new in the 2,700 years
