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WWYD Noisy kid at the Library?

smilingjbsmilingjb member
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Ok so you bring your LO to the library and they are screaming, crying or are being really loud for more then a few minutes straight.  Would you be offended if the staff talked to you?  I tried talking to a parent today and offered the meeting room as a quiet place because the acoustics in the building are horrible. 

Now keep in mind it isn't a storytime or kid event day.  Just a normal day where patrons are giving you the stink eye to do something.

I know I'm going to have to get prepared for this as my LO will be here in a few weeks! =)

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  • blueLu25blueLu25
    I think it depends on the situation. If the parent is actively trying to do something about it, I would leave them alone unless it went on and on... but if the parent was continually ignoring the child I think you would have to say something since you work there. I think your conference room idea is good- less offensive then "please leave." :)
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  • gina000gina000

    I agree with this:

    imageblueLu25:
    I think it depends on the situation. If the parent is actively trying to do something about it, I would leave them alone unless it went on and on... but if the parent was continually ignoring the child I think you would have to say something since you work there. I think your conference room idea is good- less offensive then "please leave." :)

    I try to be mindful of other people when I am out and about, I would have probably taken my child outside until he calmed down.

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  • smilingjbsmilingjb member

    She didn't seem offended when I offered it to her, but my coworkers were like "can't we ask someone to leave if there kid is being that loud?"  So I took the initative to talk to her and offer the meeting room since it was cold outside. 

    I think if it was me I would go outside too until he calmed down, but I don't have first hand expierence yet! =)

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  • mishquichemishquiche member

    imageblueLu25:
    I think it depends on the situation. If the parent is actively trying to do something about it, I would leave them alone unless it went on and on... but if the parent was continually ignoring the child I think you would have to say something since you work there. I think your conference room idea is good- less offensive then "please leave." :)

    I agree with this.  Especially given where you work, at a certain point I do think you have to tactfully say something.

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  • MissLauraQMissLauraQ

    Kids don't calm down.  You'd just have to leave and go home. And depending on if she "had to" do something - sometimes your kid just screams and you just do what you need to do through all the screaming.

    It's a nifty new parenting thing to learn - your kid screams and you look like a bad parent - happens to everyone in situations.

    You just never know about someone elses situation

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn
    Laura I don't know why you'd say kids don't calm down??? Yeah sometimes there Are times where you just grit your teeth and finish checking out at target, but I dint think you just have to accept that once a kid starts having problems you can't get past it. Different kids will take different methods or time frames to calm down but it can happen. On the original post, if my kid were freaking out in the library and I had my books I'd probably check out and leave. But if I was trying to get something more done I would take him Outside or something and try to get it together. I think offering a private room was nice.
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  • ATT&BTTATT&BTT
    I don't have to be talked to because I leave or step away.
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  • MissLauraQMissLauraQ

    As long as I got what I needed to get done, done, I would have just left - I do think the private room was a nice reccommendation - but trying to contain a child too is hard.

    If I usually have to pick up my kids and take them outside for calming down - It would usually turn into a drama scream fit (taking them away)  Usually if I take them uot - it's to the car, and a scream fit just is so exhausting and long I would rather just drive home.

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