The name (at least for the moment) of the ALSC committee I co-chair is Library Services to Underserved Children and their Caregivers. It’s a mouthful and in the two years I’ve been part of the committee, the word in there I’ve thought about most is Underserved. But lately, it’s that last word that really has me thinking: Caregivers. Recently, one of my LIS students shared that she was writing her capstone about the benefits adults get (or don’t) from parent-child programs in libraries. I assumed she meant the benefits as a caregiver: being a child’s first teacher, how to model behaviors, those kinds of things. But as we talked more about her ideas, what she actually meant were the benefits for the adult participants as people. This was, I am embarrassed to admit, a bit of a surprise to me. I assumed if an adult wanted their own needs met…
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