Library doesn't police what kids borrow

A teacher from Plymouth worries about children seeing R-rated movies

January 4, 2011 at 3:48PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Caryn Goldberg, a teacher who lives in Plymouth, wondered whether librarians do anything to prevent children from checking out R-rated videos.

Hennepin County Library spokeswoman Carla Biermaier said the answer is no, and issued the following statement:

Goldberg thinks libraries should limit children's access to movies they couldn't see on their own. "Sex and the City," "A Clockwork Orange" and "Last Tango in Paris" are just some of the titles she's seen available in the library. "I think there should be some kind of check system," she says. Do you agree?

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