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Parents are offended because erotic romance is in the library, corrupting the minds of young readers? Courtesy of SBTB.
WTF? Is it the public library’s job to monitor what your children read? No – it is YOUR job. The public library is a holding place for many, many books that aren’t appropriate for children. Hell, for some books that aren’t appropriate for some adults. If you don’t want your children checking erotica out, then maybe you should pay attention to what they are selecting.
Here's the thing -- my mother had NO idea what I was checking out of the library. Would she have nipped my romance reading in the bud if she had known some of the stuff found in the local library? I don't know. And in retrospect, some of the stuff I read was perhaps not appropriate for a 13 year old. But that wasn't the library's fault.
Parents are offended because erotic romance is in the library, corrupting the minds of young readers? Courtesy of SBTB.
WTF? Is it the public library’s job to monitor what your children read? No – it is YOUR job. The public library is a holding place for many, many books that aren’t appropriate for children. Hell, for some books that aren’t appropriate for some adults. If you don’t want your children checking erotica out, then maybe you should pay attention to what they are selecting.
Here's the thing -- my mother had NO idea what I was checking out of the library. Would she have nipped my romance reading in the bud if she had known some of the stuff found in the local library? I don't know. And in retrospect, some of the stuff I read was perhaps not appropriate for a 13 year old. But that wasn't the library's fault.
