We say age 14. It works very well for us. Carolyn Sherrill (she/her/hers) MLIS Youth Services Librarian Rochester Hills Public Library Rochester Hills, Michigan 248-656-2149 On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM Patricia K. W. Buckhold via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
We specifically didn't want to use age as the standard, both because staff rarely knows the age of a patron and because there are 6 year olds who live on the same block and are exemplary patrons while there are 10 year olds who are unreasonably disruptive...we also tend to have more issues with parents who are in the building letting their children go wild than we do with children who come to the library unaccompanied.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2025, 4:34 PM Cari Fry via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
We differentiate between having an adult *directly* supervising or just in the library…
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*From:* Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *Sarah Rick via Michlib-l *Sent:* Wednesday, September 3, 2025 1:20 PM *To:* Michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org> *Cc:* Jana Slisher <jslisher@bathtownshippubliclibrary.org> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age
Hello Everyone,
I am emailing to ask at what age are kids permitted to be in the library unattended by a supervising adult? We are looking to review our policy and wanted to see what cap other libraries have.
Thanks,
Sarah Rick
Library Director
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