How do you talk to your children about upsetting and challenging occurrences? Skokie Public Library Youth Services librarians Katie and Caitlin chat about their approach and share library books and other resources to help parents and caregivers start the conversation. 

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Katie and Caitlin kick off the new year by discussing boundaries. They chat about their struggles and how to create boundaries, both as children and adults.  

How do you talk about failure in your home? Mandy joins Caitlin and Katie as they discuss ways parents can fail, adults can fail, and how we should use this as an opportunity to learn and build empathy. 

Katie and Caitlin chat about their experience with climate change, how their families discuss and work to counteract climate change, and share helpful resources from the library. 

Katie and Caitlin share their challenges when dealing with sleep regression and other sleep issues.  

Caitlin also gives an overview from a July library event about literacy and how the library can support young readers. 

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Katie and Caitlin share how they've seen their children make friends, and discuss how difficult it seems to make friends as adults. 

School is back in session, and we want to talk about it! In this episode, we chat about how the pandemic has affected the school year, and Community Engagement Librarian Lorrie shares how she has adapted to better meet classroom needs. 

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Is having a stay-at-home parent better than sending your child to daycare? Caitlin and Katie are joined by Holly as they discuss their own ups and downs with childcare and resources to build a support network. 

Katie and Caitlin chat about how summers have changed from their childhoods, their perspectives on summer learning, and recommend some family-friendly activities. 

Katie and Caitlin discuss what social anxiety is (and how it's different from shyness) and recommend some books for young readers struggling with social anxiety.