[TomOnTheRun]

then YOU should not permit your child to have a library card and should restrict his or her access to the library itself (since items do not need to be checked out in order to be accessed and a card is only needed to remove an item).

Ehhhh .. I'm sympathetic. Why aren't parents reviewing the books/movies/music that their children read/watch/listen to? ALL - and I do mean ALL - media had to pass through a parental gateway in my home. I see no reason why I wouldn't do the same thing with any children I might have.

[a fool in paradise]

The ALA’s stance is don’t let your child go to the library unescorted until age 18.

Their position on giving such materials to minors would not hold to any retailer.

Even if some “questionable” material did get through to kids, theaters won’t sell tickets to R rated movies to minors (typically they buy another ticket and try to sneak over), video stores typically won’t rent R or “the unrated version” of films to minors, and stores won’t sell Playboy or “Adults Only” tagged comix to kids. The public library will.