I'm not advocating for controlling how anyone lives. I'm advocating against the idea that a parent's whims ought to be able to dictate how school employees do their jobs. They don't get to tell teachers or school librarians how to do their jobs.
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I already said no one should ban books. But if they want to forbid a library from letting them check one out that is their right - again stupid and if you do not think over time children see that then you do not give them the credit they deserve
aug 31, 2025, 12:41 am • 0 0 • view
It's literally not their right to dictate who is allowed to access which materials. That's a matter of the school's discretion, not any individual's whims. A parent can tell their kid not to do something, and the kid is free to disobey. The school isn't there to enforce the parent's instructions.
aug 31, 2025, 12:45 am • 0 0 • view
Well society disagrees with you and also so would most parents. Many states have those types of laws protecting parental rights. But no one should be allowed to ban books except for their child.
aug 31, 2025, 4:43 am • 0 0 • view
Those policies do exist in some jurisdictions. The fact that a law exists does not make it right. Those laws require librarians to violate their own professional ethics, and they violate the first amendment rights of children.
aug 31, 2025, 8:08 am • 0 0 • view
Actually it is their right to attempt to control what their own children have access to. I said check out but if the child wants to sit in a library - oh well. The only discretion the school has is availability not force other than actual text books.
aug 31, 2025, 12:48 am • 0 0 • view
The school unquestionably has the authority and discretion to ignore whatever nonsense a parent says and check a book out to a child. A parent has no power or authority over a school library or school librarian. Why would being a parent mean you got to be the librarian's boss? That's moronic
aug 31, 2025, 1:51 am • 0 0 • view
Again there is no point in this discussion we agree to disagree and you need to understand that most things in life are black and white and there are many variables and nuances.
aug 31, 2025, 4:47 am • 0 0 • view
But the question of whether or not a parent gets to decide which books a librarian checks out to a child does indeed have an answer. That answer is no, which is how it should be
aug 31, 2025, 7:44 am • 0 0 • view
No they do not. Only when it comes to curriculum and then parents can opt their child out. Protecting ones own rights does not mean you are now the boss or control of anyone else. We are talking control of the child not the school.
aug 31, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
The school librarian is under zero occupational, moral, or ethical obligation to deny access to reading material to a child just because some guy says so.
aug 31, 2025, 7:42 am • 0 0 • view