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NY Times article (front page) stated that in Maplewood NJ libraries to shut out unruly kids: whose kids ?

Whose kids are these? The library will shut down between 2 and five pm daily so these kids won’t have afterschool access. This is a middle class neighborhood. Librarians can’t handle the behaviou of the kids.

Where have you been hiding for the last 30 years?

In the 1970′s divorce rates soared, dual incomes became vogue, and the term ” compete with the Jones” took on a much more sinister meaning.

Parents both work- no one is home to watch the children. Parents feel guilty about not being around and indulge their children, or are simply too tired and stressed to do so. The cost of living has skyrocketed, allowing for less family time. Daycare costs are so high even dual income families can not afford to pay for afterschool care. It is no longer safe to allow your children to play outside unsupervised.
Parents unfairly assume that the Library is a safe place for unsupervised children. Or I have witnessed parents just letting the children run- manners and parental responsiblity have simply disappeared.
Public resources are being abused.

I am glad someone somewhere is calling BS on the current trends of parenting.

IF the librarians are sick of todays bratty children and lazy parents can you imagine how things have changed in a public classroom since 1970?

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A blend of live-action and animation, this film centers on a fearful young boy (Macaulay Culkin) afraid to experience life because he’s calculated the odds of an accident for every known activity. Chased by bullies, he winds up at the local library, where a bump on the head sends him into an animated universe, where his best friends are walking, talking books voiced by, among others, Patrick Stewa…

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The #1 New York Times bestseller is available for the first time in a mass market paperback edition, featuring a striking movie tie-in cover. Bella Swan’s move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edw…

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A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.

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As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle . . . the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo–the fall of the planet Reach. Now, brought to life for the first time, here is the full story of that glorious, doomed conflict. While the brutal Covenant juggernaut sweeps i…

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Surface: The Complete Series


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Something new is lurking in the Earth’s oceans, and now you can be part of the mystery as all 15 Season One episodes of the spectacular series, Surface, emerge on to DVD for the first time ever! When young oceanographer Laura Daughtery (Lake Bell) discovers a massive underwater creature, her obsession to uncover the origins of this dangerous “unidentified species” will lead her and others on a mys…

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Non-Indian theologian and editor Nerburn attempts to “”bridge the gap between the world into which I had been born and the world of a people I had grown to know and love”" by narrating the fascinating toils and truths of Dan, a 78-year-old Lakota man….

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Jim Schutze combines natural details about the sawgrass marshes and roaring alligators of the area south of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with keen observations about the fantasy lives of teenagers hooked on surfing, steroids, and instant gratification, to paint a harrowing picture of seven suburban kids who slide all too easily into moral depravity. At the heart of his tale is a kind of love tri…

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