1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogJeanette Larsonhttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/larsonlibrary/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uKlBeqhJ0C"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/11/5390/">Dear Teen Jeanette</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/11/5390/embed/#?secret=uKlBeqhJ0C" width="600" height="338" title="“Dear Teen Jeanette” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="uKlBeqhJ0C" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> On October 30th,  Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves  edited by Miranda Kenneally and E. Kristin Anderson, was published. It is a book of letters from 70 different authors to their teenage selves. The publisher offered an opportunity to bloggers to write their own letters to their teen selves. My letter, abridged and modified slight here, was originally posted to the Dear Teen Me blog, which continues to regularly add new letters from even more authors and illustrators. Each letter helps reader’s realize that every teen has good days and bad days, sorrows and successes. Some had really bad days and a lot of sorrow before realizing the success and the good days. Think about it. What advice and insights would you offer to your teen self? Today you will find a variety of posts from different ALSC Bloggers writing to themselves as teens.   We hope they make you think...https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dear-Teen-Me-300x300.jpg