You know, I’ve never understand why someone wants to be friends with complete strangers on Facebook or any Internet social networker really. Goodness, it drives me insane when people that I did not associate with in high school ask to be my friend. Did we talk to each other when we sat next to each other in math? No? Then why would I want you to know all the information that I share with my friends? People are too trusting of people they meet on the Internet, really I think they are too trusting of the Internet in general, but it certainly has its uses doesn’t it?
Positive deviance seems to be something that could be utilized within the United States as well and something that can extend to the library, not just be focused in the health care community. Children’s early literacy practices are ones that can be implemented through a program like this. It seems common sense to read to a child or to actively engage with your infant while doing standard tasks like changing a diaper, but there are many families (low income in particular) who are not aware of these simple tasks. But if we reach out to these families and teach them the practice of simple interaction with their child and stress the importance of reading at a very young age the next generation will start out even stronger than the previous.
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