[Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age

[Carolyn Sherrill]

We say age 14.  It works very well for us.

Carolyn Sherrill (she/her/hers) MLIS
Youth Services Librarian
Rochester Hills Public Library
Rochester Hills, Michigan
248-656-2149



On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM Patricia K. W. Buckhold via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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
>> in the library…
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>> *Cari Fry*
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>> *Head of Youth & Teen Services*
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>> (734) 326-6123 ext. 2844
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>> 6123 Central City Parkway, Westland, MI 48185
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6123+Central+City+Parkway,+Westland,+MI+48185?entry=gmail&source=g>
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>> *westlandlibrary.org* <http://westlandlibrary.org/>
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>> *From:* Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *Sarah Rick
>> via Michlib-l
>> *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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>> Hello Everyone,
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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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>> Thanks,
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>> Sarah Rick
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>> Library Director
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