The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is collaborating with the Eau Claire Family Resource Center to provide an online seminar series about raising teens. The first session is completed (as of last night), but there are two more, Raising Competent Teenagers, October 26 at 7 pm and Raising Connected Teenagers, November 23 at 7 pm. I got a note from Yia Lor, the Human Development and Relationships Educator at UW Madison-Extension. People from all over are welcome to join in the seminar, so feel free to promote to your community.
The Importance of Teen Spaces in Public Libraries
Why a teen space? All people, including teens, benefit from informal public gathering places where they can interact or just share space with others. This is sometimes called a “third space”. Spending time with friends in an environment that is less structured than...