In a message dated 9/4/2008 5:02:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cgaunce@utep.
edu writes:
Just out of curiosity, if you find a book on suicide in your teenager’s room,
why do you start to suspect the public library is involved in a conspiracy to
deprive your child of his/her life? Shouldn’t you try some other approach,
such as determining if your child needs professional help and, if so, getting
that help?
At the risk of being labeled, I must confess I'm not too concerned about
privacy rights of children. Especially when it is a parent they are seeking to
keep info from. But to me the premise above only strengthens the argument to
allow parents to know what books the child is reading. Otherwise parents are
left to come upon the book by accident.
All that said, I doubt I would ever take the time to find out what my kids
are checking out of a high school library. They can get much worse on the
internet. I guess I'm also hoping the local public schools aren't as bad as the
internet.
George Baker, Director
Trumbull County Law Library
120 High St., NW
Warren, OH 444481
330-675-2525
330-675-2527 fax_ www.tclla.org_ (http://www.tclla.org/)
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