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Originally Posted by Quoth
Up to parents?
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That would be fine. The parents could supply the books that they want their children to read. The parents could either buy those books, or check them out of adult libraries and hand them to their kids. If it were feasible to implement, this would be a good way of handling the issue.
But it's not really feasible, unless we get rid of school libraries. So then we're back to the question of what is age appropriate for a children's library. Especially if that library is shared by kids from kindergarten to high school graduation. I think it would be best to have the school libraries service the lowest common denominator and only stock books that are not the slightest bit controversial. And let the parents be the ones to supply the books that are are even slightly controversial.
This is not an unreasonable approach. But it does require parents to participate in their children's education. And be able to read books themselves and make good decisions. These requirements are not guaranteed to be fulfilled by all parents.
So we're back at square one again.