- The recently reopened and totally renovated local library, only a few blocks away, requires one parent or caregiver per child for Toddler Time. That’s right. If you had the gall to have more than one child you are just out of luck unless you can afford to hire a mother’s helper to come to the library with you. (This is only for the organized Toddler Time. I can, of course, bring the kids to the library. Just not to the activity.)
- On a message board if you see a post labeled “graphic: may be disturbing” and you open it you will get no sympathy from me if you promptly complain that it is graphic and disturbing.
- If you use up the last of the aluminum foil and don’t mention it to the person who does the grocery shopping that person won’t know to get any more and will be out of luck when it comes to heating his or her dinner.
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January 24th, 2008 09:58
Is it time for a protest? How can a PUBLIC library discriminate against those with more than one child? Paid for by YOUR tax dollars?
Sounds like an ideal time to get together with some moms from the local twins/multiples group and head on over to the library.
January 24th, 2008 10:25
We had the same problem with Gymboree when I called to see about classes. Basically were told we weren’t welcome unless we brougt our nanny. Which, you know, we don’t have. But the library!?! I’m pissed for you.
January 24th, 2008 12:08
That’s really pissy that you can’t even take the kids to the library — the library that you are supporting with your tax dollars.
January 24th, 2008 12:11
That first one, I find AMAZING. We have a different but similar problem at our library, where you’re not allowed to bring out-of-age-group children to an age-group event. Which on one hand I totally agree with: I don’t really want 6-year-olds running around during Baby Booktime, either. But you’re not allowed to bring a lap-baby (I love that term) to a toddler group, either.
January 24th, 2008 12:12
They can’t actually keep you from going in the library can they? You just can’t go to toddler time, right? So go just before and maybe they’ll see how well behaved the kids are and let them stay. Or not.
January 24th, 2008 14:35
That is so wrong. Another blog I read also featured a mom of twins being unwelcome at the library because she had a double stroller. She wrote a letter and everything and still get no satisfaction. itstwinsanity.blogspot.com
I really strongly feel that it’s a parent’s RIGHT to bring their children anywhere they want to go and a parent’s RESPONSIBILITY to make sure their children are both comfortable and well cared for in that situation as well as not disruptive to to others.
In this case, I would guess that the library had too many parents who didn’t live up to their RESPONSIBILITY to make sure their kids were not being a nuisance, and so they decided to arbitrarily take away everyone’s RIGHTS to be there with more than one child at a time. BAD, BAD, BAD, way of managing the situation on the part of the library.
That makes me really angry!!
January 24th, 2008 14:45
My mother is going to be here on Monday so we are going to take both kids since we will have the proper adult/child ratio. I will suss out the program and find out if I can manage both kids at once and if I feel that I can I will bring them both on my own and see what happens.
January 24th, 2008 15:13
Along the lines of the last one:
If you’ve run out of clean clothes but don’t bother telling the person who does the laundry it’s your own damned fault i f you have no clean boxers. lol
January 26th, 2008 23:07
Whaaaat? You should just go to the library anyway - what are they going to do, kick you out??!