[Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age

[Patricia K. W. Buckhold]

We specifically didn't want to use age as the standard, both because staff
rarely knows the age of a patron and because there are 6 year olds who live
on the same block and are exemplary patrons while there are 10 year olds
who are unreasonably disruptive...we also tend to have more issues with
parents who are in the building letting their children go wild than we do
with children who come to the library unaccompanied.



On Wed, Sep 3, 2025, 4:34 PM Cari Fry via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
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> We differentiate between having an adult *directly* supervising or just
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> *Cari Fry*
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> *Head of Youth & Teen Services*
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> *From:* Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *Sarah Rick
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 3, 2025 1:20 PM
> *To:* Michlib-l <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org>
> *Cc:* Jana Slisher <jslisher at bathtownshippubliclibrary.org>
> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age
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> I am emailing to ask at what age are kids permitted to be in the library
> unattended by a supervising adult?  We are looking to review our policy and
> wanted to see what cap other libraries have.
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> Sarah Rick
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> Library Director
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