[LMB] OT: libraries/mommy drivebys; was 1st SF

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Thu, 10 May 2007, Sylvus Tarn wrote:

> On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 21:23 -0400, Tzivia Adler wrote:
> > much pain and suffering, how often does real harm or even
> > harsh bullying happen at libraries?  it seems like such a
> > safe environment to give kids an independent hour or so.
>
> Oh, I wasn't trying to dump on moms, just pointing out my frustration as
> a supremely lazy one---kids would've spent hours---hours and hours and
> *hours* at library, and though I like 'em just fine, neither I (nor
> their father) wanted to spend our lives there.

This conversation absolutely boggles me.  The library was my main
escape from home when I was a child.  Instead of sitting around
the house watching my mother drink, I sat in the library and read
everything in the SF and fantasy section and anything else that I
wanted to read, from the age of 9 or so up, all day on weekends
and after school till my father got off work and brought me home.
I don't know what I would have DONE if the library had demanded I
have a parent with me, since parents were what I was trying to
escape!

~malfoy :)

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