Policy

 

Kids Letter to Parents

   The Wright County Library offers many great fiction and nonfiction books for kids of all ages, including board books for our toddlers and early readers. We also have a marvelous collection of family-oriented videos and children's magazines.

Letter to Parents

   When your child has a Wright County Library card, he or she will have the power to open up a whole world of knowledge and adventure. In striving to meet everyone's needs, our book selectors have chosen a broad collection of library materials and information available to everyone, which provides many viewpoints on every subject possible. Consequently, while our collection has thousands of items families want, like, and need, it also may have materials that some parents may find offensive to them or inappropriate for their children.
   As parent or guardian, you are responsible for what your child reads or views, and for the materials checked out on your child's library card. Decisions about what materials are suitable for particular children should be made by the people who know them best - you.

   Children mature at different rates. They have different backgrounds and interests. And they have different reading levels and abilities. For instance, one parent may feel a particular library book is inappropriate for his daughter, while the same book may be a favorite of her classmate's family. These factors make it impossible for librarians to set any criteria for restricting use based on age alone. To do so would keep others who want and need materials from having access to them.

   Like adults, children and teenagers have the right to seek and receive the information that they choose. It is the right and responsibility of parents to guide their own family's library use while allowing other parents to do the same.

   Librarians are not authorized to act as parents. But they are happy to provide suggestions and guidance to parents and youngsters at any time. Feel free to ask questions, and enjoy your library!

Adapted from the ALA pamphlet Kids and Libraries : What You Should Know.