That is super fucked. Going to the library, grabbing a stack of comics, and then settling down in a quiet corner to read them was one of my happy places as a kid.
I had a library card, but I didn’t bother checking out stuff I could just read during the hours I hung out at the library. And the place was comfy, quiet heaven.
I saw recently my local library has started to prohibit kids from simply hanging out at the library. Not all are the same.
Edit: context.
That is super fucked. Going to the library, grabbing a stack of comics, and then settling down in a quiet corner to read them was one of my happy places as a kid.
I had a library card, but I didn’t bother checking out stuff I could just read during the hours I hung out at the library. And the place was comfy, quiet heaven.
Time to get active in your community to fix that. Whoever came up with that policy should be fired.
Might be local parents that pushed for it, honestly. It’s become a popular style of parenting. I call it the bonsai method.