Obviously, that’s a decision that should be made by the Governor of Alaska:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/03/sarah-palin-wouldbe.html

Palin did cencored books in Alaska. The government shoudl not be invovled as they should not be involved with guns.

I have been too busy keeping my kids from watching some of the heavily adult-themed so-called kid shows on TV to worry about what they check out from the library. Did Dana Carvey bring back “Church Lady?” This is really a joke and these people are going to raise money to support libraries, right?

Parent of two, both now adults, one married, the other a senior in college.

I am fully capable as a parent to make that decision. If I were not able to, I would never have taken on the job.

I think Palin _tried_ but was unsuccessful. Bummer; I still like her, though. As for locally, PARENTS should be aware of what their kids are reading/watching/doing. It isn’t up to the library or buttinsky groups like this one. Frankly, if a kid is hanging out at the library, even if he’s reading a few naughty words or steamy scenes, I don’t think he’s the type of kid you need to be worrying about! (Posted by an advanced reader who read Peyton Place in junior high, just because I could.)

I read The Godfather in middle school, which had plenty of naughty words and scenes in it. It didn’t ruin me.

Please keep the books age appropriate. WHERE HAS COMMON SENSE GONE? This is the library’s civic duty. I am a tax paying customer of the library and expect better. Why does the library have a children’s section? I wouldn’t expect to find Adult material in the children’s section, the Teen section should have the same consideration. Why are movies and TV show rated? Teens are not adults. They still need guidance in our society. It is the lazy adults that are letting our children and country down. Be Adults, Be responsible and protect our future. Our county has been passed by third world countries in math, science, job development, technology, ecomony, productivity etc. While our children are reading the latest smut, the next economic revolution is incubating on the other side of the world. If the St. Louis County Libray did it’s civic duty this topic wouldn’t be an issue. WAKE UP, BE RESPONSIBLE AND DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY’S FUTURE.

Agreed, JenniferWhatNot.

Instead of censoring, why don’t we teach our kids the values we want them to learn so that they can make their own decisions? Once your kids are middle school age, they will get ahold of whatever they want, and wouldn’t you much rather it were books than Hustler magazine?

Besides, forbidden fruit tastes the best, right? I’m not saying that it’s good because it’s forbidden, but kids want what they can’t have, especially when someone tells them they can’t have it. When I was in elementary school, there were books only middle schoolers were allowed to check out, and it was a pretty big thing when you could get an older sibling to check out one of those books for you.

On another note, my aunt and uncle still censor everything their high-school-aged children read and do, and they support initiatives like this. I love them dearly, but their kids have no idea how to make their own decisions about ANYTHING. I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like once they get to college.

Sounds like CAP is pretty lazy. Instead of tackling all sorts of revealing clothing at the mall that kids buy with their allowance, salacious videos from stores, or seeing ultra-violent/sex filled movies at the cinema, they go after the weakest and lamest target…the local library.

These CAP folks are as bad as a few minority liberals who blame “The Man” for all their ills. For these few, sad souls, the Supreme Court, the teachers, and now the library, are responsible for their ills. Do they think Sarah Pallin’s daughter spend too much time at the library, I wonder?

As a parent, I have four great controls for inappropriate materials entering our home: my two eyes, and my wife’s.

There should definitely be censorship where our children are concerned! The first amendment was not about the right to allow obscene material in public. It was about the right to keep government in control. It was about the right to speak out against unjust taxes or telling the President you think his foreign policy stinks. According to our Founding Fathers, our government was only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. That is a quote from John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States. Folks, you need to study history for yourself. America was and will always be meant to be a nation ruled by Christians. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else.