Too cute! (teen boys on the library)
Dec. 13th, 2013 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mary_j_59Today, I had to tell two of my 14-year-olds they had to leave the library because we were closing. One boy responded. "Why does something so good have to close?" He also said, "This is the only place I can be myself." Isn't that cool?
Editing today to tell the rest of the story - I think the boys wouldn't mind.
Me: "I really want you on my teen advisory board!"
Boy who'd spoken: "What's a teen advisory board?"
Me: "We get together and share snacks and you tell me what you like about the library, what you'd like us to do, what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong."
Boy: "The library's doing NOTHING wrong."
Me" "Great! I need you to tell the grown-ups that."
Boy: "Don't they know that? Why don't they know that?"
Boy's friend: "Because they're grown-ups."
Wise words. We grown-ups need to be sure we don't forget what it feels like to be a kid, and that we don't forget to listen.
And yes, libraries rock! Just look at the young teen in my icon - she thinks so, too!
Editing today to tell the rest of the story - I think the boys wouldn't mind.
Me: "I really want you on my teen advisory board!"
Boy who'd spoken: "What's a teen advisory board?"
Me: "We get together and share snacks and you tell me what you like about the library, what you'd like us to do, what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong."
Boy: "The library's doing NOTHING wrong."
Me" "Great! I need you to tell the grown-ups that."
Boy: "Don't they know that? Why don't they know that?"
Boy's friend: "Because they're grown-ups."
Wise words. We grown-ups need to be sure we don't forget what it feels like to be a kid, and that we don't forget to listen.
And yes, libraries rock! Just look at the young teen in my icon - she thinks so, too!