{"id":11255,"date":"2015-08-01T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T04:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:29:14","slug":"happy-national-respect-for-parents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/happy-national-respect-for-parents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy National Respect for Parents Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s right, August 1st<\/sup> is National Respect for Parents Day. And while I\u2019m not sure what the founder intended, we can show respect for all parents and caregivers by making sure our collections include books reflecting diverse families. We can highlight these books in storytimes, other programs, and displays. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:<\/p>\n

I Love Saturdays y domingos <\/em>by Alma Flor Ada<\/p>\n

Marisol McDonald Doesn\u2019t Match\/Marisol McDonald no combina <\/em>by Monica Brown<\/p>\n

Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale <\/em>by Karen Henry Clark<\/p>\n

Here Comes Hortense!<\/em> by Heather Hartt-Sussman<\/p>\n

Silas\u2019 Seven Grandparents<\/em> by Anita Horrocks<\/p>\n

Monday is One Day<\/em> by Arthur A. Levine<\/p>\n

Spork<\/em> by Kyo Maclear<\/p>\n

The Family Book <\/em>by Todd Parr<\/p>\n

A Chair for My Mother<\/em> by Vera B. Williams<\/p>\n

Along with offering and highlighting materials reflecting diverse families, we can remember to use inclusive language, both spoken and written. For example, when approaching an unaccompanied child in the library, we might say, \u201cAre you with someone today?\u201d rather than, \u201cAre you here with Mom or Dad?\u201d In promotional materials for our programming, we could write, \u201cChildren and caregivers are welcome,\u201d in place of, \u201cChildren and their parents may attend.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are lots of ways to show respect for parents, caregivers, and families! What are some techniques you use? What are your favorite books reflecting diverse families?<\/p>\n

Amanda Struckmeyer is a Youth Services Librarian at the Middleton (WI) Public Library. She is a member of the ALSC Services to Special Populations and Their Caregivers Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s right, August 1st is National Respect for Parents Day. And while I\u2019m not sure what the founder intended, we can show respect for all parents and caregivers by making sure our collections include books reflecting diverse families. We can highlight these books in storytimes, other programs, and displays. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: I Love Saturdays y domingos by Alma Flor Ada Marisol McDonald Doesn\u2019t Match\/Marisol McDonald no combina by Monica Brown Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale by Karen Henry Clark Here Comes Hortense! by Heather Hartt-Sussman Silas\u2019 Seven Grandparents by Anita Horrocks Monday is One Day by Arthur A. Levine Spork by Kyo Maclear The Family Book by Todd Parr A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams Along with offering and highlighting materials reflecting diverse families, we can remember to use inclusive language, both spoken and written. For example, when approaching…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[269,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-library-service-to-underserved-children-and-caregivers-committee","category-diversity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}