Filtering at Ada Community Library, Boise Idaho

[Steve Hooley]

        Most libraries don't have enough personnel to supervise kids - one
kid might be OK but what if twenty fathers bring five kids apiece for the
friendly librarians to supervise? We have a latchkey kid problem from the
middle school next door as many kids come to the library waiting for their
folks to pick them up. Hard enough keeping them quiet without watching over
their shoulders.
        Whether or not it's appropriate, there aren't enough people to carry
it out.  


>At 05:51 AM 9/2/97 -0700, Diane Lewis wrote:
>>Thanks to Dan Lester for forwarding that chilling story to this list. 
>>I was particularly struck by the attitude of that parent who 
>>insisted that the Library not allow his son access to the Net without 
>>his parents' presence.  One would think a simple instruction to the 
>>son would have been sufficient.   
>
>If most of you advocate "parents choice", why is this so "chilling"?  Was
>the father not making the choice in this case? 
>
>One would think a simple instruction to the LIBRARY would have been
>sufficient.  
>
>Ronnie
>
>Disclaimer:  Views expressed are mine and mine alone.  My views or opinions
>are NOT representative to Harding University.
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