Read the library policies at the
Cudahy Family Library of Cudahy, Wisconsin. They check out R-rated movies to underage kids. They say they have a non-discrimination policy and that if parents don't want kids checking out R-rated material, it's the parents' responsibility to keep them from doing so, not that of the library personnel. They also say that patrons, regardless of age, have a "right to view" anything in the library, including material on the internet.
The library also has advertisements posted for MySpace.com, "Find a friend on MySpace!" where a 15-year-old was bombarded with propositions and the offer of "special pictures" within a day of opening his "space" containing only the information that he was male and under 20. I think this verges on criminal irresponsibility.
That’s awful! I’m very sorry to hear that this is going on.
I’m hoping that all of the parents in the area are aware of this, but even if they are it’s still wrong of the library to be so very “open minded” that their brains have fallen out. And a library ‘should’ be a safe place for children of all ages.
The administrators of this library have apparently forgotten who it is who pays their salaries, and hopefully the voters in the community can forcefully remind them of this sometime VERY soon. There’s nothing quite like having your funding cut by 50% to make you wake up and pay attention.