FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Parents are using their local library as a way to keep children occupied during spring break. However, many parents are dropping their kids off and leaving them unsupervised for the day.
The Allen County Public Library said Tuesday it has seen nearly three to four times more kids this week, and one staff member admitted some parents do leave their children unsupervised.
“We know that sometimes it does happen,” Mary Voors, the children’s services manager at the ACPL Main Branch, said. “We know kids beg to come to the library, and it depends on the maturity of the kid, and the guidelines of the parents of the child.”
Voors said some parents will tell a librarian the child will be at the library alone, but the librarian will ask the parent if that is a good decision.
“We ask them, would you feel comfortable having them at the mall by themselves,” Voors said. “If they’re comfortable with the child being at the mall, or at Jefferson Pointe, by themselves, then they are probably ready to be at the library by themselves.”
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