by Leah Langby | Nov 2, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I learned some startling and distressing statistics about young children and homelessness today in an infographic put together by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education. In their Interagency Policy...
by Leah Langby | Mar 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Reflecting (from Pixabay)I was listening to the news today as I got ready for work, all about primary results and election prognostications and what-is-happening-to-the-Republican-Party discussions. All very interesting, and important stuff. Then a report...
by Leah Langby | Feb 3, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
“The Raising of America” is a five-episode documentary series that examines the connections between how we raise our children and how we support our parents and future of our nation. There is a unique opportunity to watch the...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jacket cover–Our KidsDuring my travels last week, I whiled away quite a few hours in airports and airplanes reading Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam. In it, he talks about the growing opportunity gap between economic...
by Leah Langby | May 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a meeting of system consultants trying to help their libraries serve traditionally underserved populations last week. It’s always a treat to get together with other people who do your job, especially when those people are smart, thoughtful,...