Teen Links “But Are You a Parent?”

There’s no right answer to this unwelcome question.

Heather Booth

COLUMN Teen Links “But Are You a Parent?” There’s no right answer to this unwelcome question. by Heather Booth I’ve written about my kids in previous columns, so you likely already know my answer to the above question, but the library patrons who asked it of me, nearly every time I dealt with a book challenge, didn’t. In my first public library job, a patron noticed that my name tag read “Young Adult Librarian” and inquired how old one had to be in order to qualify for what she thought would have been a good volunteer job for her teenager. As a young woman in a public-facing role, I grew to expect that I’d be on the receiving end of these stigmatizing comments that minimize our professionalism, but it never stung…

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