In January, we observe National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month.\u00a0 This is a good chance to make sure our collections include books on divorce and all types of families, including single-parent families.\u00a0 National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month is also the perfect opportunity to examine the language we use in programs and promotional materials to ensure inclusivity.<\/p>\n
Many libraries host events such as \u201cDonuts with Dad\u201d\u009d or \u201cMuffins with Mom,\u201d\u009d particularly around the time of Father\u2019s Day and Mother\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Despite the catchy alliteration these titles offer, they\u2019re lacking in the inclusion department.\u00a0 Try one of these event titles in order to welcome as many patrons as possible:<\/p>\n
Tea for Two<\/p>\n
Breakfast with a V.I.G.U. (Very Important Grown-Up)<\/p>\n
Special Persons\u2019 Day<\/p>\n
Together Time: Build a Paper Airplane<\/p>\n
Sweethearts\u2019 Valentine Party<\/p>\n
Not only do these titles leave the gender of adult participants unspecified, they also leave relationships undefined.\u00a0 This means that a child could attend one of these events with a babysitter, a neighbor, a grandparent, a family friend, or any other special grown-up.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re looking to increase the number of books about divorce or featuring single-parent families in your collection, consider purchasing the following:<\/p>\n
Dinosaurs Divorce <\/i>by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown<\/p>\n
A Smart Girls\u2019 Guide to Her Parents\u2019 Divorce <\/i>by Nancy Holyoke<\/p>\n
Two Homes<\/i> by Claire Masurel<\/p>\n
The Family Book<\/i> by Todd Parr<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear<\/i> by Vicki Lansky<\/p>\n
Flora and Ulysses <\/i>by Kate DiCamillo<\/p>\n
A Chair for My Mother<\/i> by Vera B. Williams<\/p>\n
Horton Hatches the Egg<\/i> by Dr. Seuss<\/p>\n
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\nAmanda Moss Struckmeyer is the Head of Youth Services at the Middleton Public Library in Middleton, Wisconsin.\u00a0 Amanda serves on the Library Services to Special Populations and Their Caregivers committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In January, we observe National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month.\u00a0 This is a good chance to make sure our collections include books on divorce and all types of families, including single-parent families.\u00a0 National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month is also the perfect opportunity to examine the language we use in programs and promotional materials to ensure inclusivity. Many libraries host events such as \u201cDonuts with Dad\u201d\u009d or \u201cMuffins with Mom,\u201d\u009d particularly around the time of Father\u2019s Day and Mother\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Despite the catchy alliteration these titles offer, they\u2019re lacking in the inclusion department.\u00a0 Try one of these event titles in order to welcome as many patrons as possible: Tea for Two Breakfast with a V.I.G.U. (Very Important Grown-Up) Special Persons\u2019 Day Together Time: Build a Paper Airplane Sweethearts\u2019 Valentine Party Not only do these titles leave the gender of adult participants unspecified, they also leave relationships undefined.\u00a0 This means that…<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-library-service-to-underserved-children-and-caregivers-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726","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=7726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}