question

[maevele]

how obnoxious would a non screaming 2 yr old have to be before it would be appropriate for a librarian to come give them a talking to, even as their mom is right there hushing them? Not in the kid's room admittedly, but in the movie section? Yelling? speaking at a normal volume instead of whispering? maybe a tad louder?

Comments

[ethora.livejournal.com]

I'd let the parent's hushing work first. Then, if the kid is out of the parent's control and is disturbing people by yelling or talking really loud for longer than a couple of minutes, then I as a librarian would say something.

I think that it could actually be a good experience for a child to be hushed by a librarian. Kids often learn more quickly from a non-parent adult in the community.

[stoneself.livejournal.com]

actually many libraries are moving away from being quiet zones.

[lady-alyria.livejournal.com]

It really depends on the mood of the librarian. If she's not in a good one, probably wouldn't take much noise at all.

[shana-etel.livejournal.com]

That is seriously over the top. If that happened when I was at the library with the kids I would have lost my shit. Considering the kind of dervish Sylvia is I feel lucky now that we haven't been chastised on our library excursions.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

Screaming. And I'd come over and ask the mom if she needed help.