Hesse, M. (2009, October). At girl’s summit, an image betwixt and be tween. The Washington Post. Retrieved April 30, 2011, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202869_pf.html.
This article reflects on the first Tween Girl Summit which was sponsored by AllyKatzz.com. The topic of conversation for the year was body image and bullying. These topics were covered by experts and some special guests which included a magazine columnist and an Olympian. The author also went looking for tweens who are sextinging on a normal base. Heese finds out though that the girls at the summit do not sext and that they find it to be inappropriate. The Summit was very open for discussion and discovering new things marketed for girls.
I really enjoyed this article because I like the idea of a summit for girls where they can really sit down and talk about the issues facing them in today’s society. It would be interesting to see what tweens lead the discussion groups or were speakers. The reaction from the two tweens when asked about if they were sexting was cute. I loved how they blamed the media and entertainment on sexting being seen as something that all tweens are doing. I think that individual public libraries or school libraries could put on their own summits where a new topic is discussed every month. Each of these events could be filled with discussion and a fun activity. I would suggest that that such a program would be developed by a small committee that would be comprised of the librarian, community member/parent, and two tweens. This will ensure that the tweens have a say in planning the event.
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