LA County Librarian, Skye Patrick and Ask Bubbie, aka Dr. Florence Rosen, a retired pediatrician and advice columnist, sat down for a conversation about parenting (& grandparenting!) in the age of social media.

Ask Bubbie brings 42 years of medical and teaching experience and an empathetic, no-nonsense attitude to her popular social media advice channels, and she brought it for our patrons, as well. She and Skye talked about parenting across generations, the highs and lows of sharing information on social media, and more, from screen time to potty training.

For years, Dr. Florence Rosen was a resource to her friends, patients, and community in Cherry Hill, NJ. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania medical school and having completed her residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, you’d be hard pressed to find a better source of information about childhood illnesses, safety, and development. But after retiring and welcoming her first grandson last summer, she took a step in a new direction and started offering advice and answering questions on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube as Ask Bubbie, where she has over 475K combined subscribers.