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In today's world, social media constantly spreads millions of fast-growing trends about what a teen should be doing to be “healthy,” a word commonly used and broadly defined. Being young, teens are more susceptible to adopting these trends and defining themselves by another person’s version of health.
As the world advances in high technology and technological innovation, a digital divide forms alongside and stretches greater and greater as everything starts going digital. This digital divide, or digital exclusion, refers to the barriers older generations face in accessing and understanding technology.
English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall passed away at the age of 91 on October 1, 2025.
Having a true desire for something is more than wanting to do it all day. It's wanting to advance and commit to it. Sometimes even our most beloved hobbies make us take a moment for ourselves, wipe away a tear or 2, and continue.
Hi! I'm Shravanthi Raja, a sophomore at Taft Charter High School, and I've been volunteering with the Platt Library for the past 3 TLC cycles. I love to read and visit the library.
During the 2024-2025 project cycle, teen volunteers at the Northridge Branch Library have elected to work on a Teens Leading Change project designed to increase financial literacy among people of all ages in the local community. TLC team member Chloe H.
Books—the foundation of life itself—nurture the creativity and imagination of young minds. Yet, the lack of cultural diversity in children's literature often dims that spark, leaving many without stories that truly reflect their world.
In the Fall of 2024, the Teens Leading Change (TLC) program, a partnership between the Robertson and Palms-Rancho Park Branch Libraries, embarked on an ambitious project to address a critical issue facing teens today: financial literacy.
Hello from the Platt Branch Library, where we are working on a Teens Leading Change project exploring cultural diversity in our community.
In the Fall of 2024, the teen volunteers from Robertson and Palms-Rancho Park Branch Libraries partnered in the Teens Leading Change (TLC) program to explore the subject of Financial Literacy for Teens.