Szdfan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:45 am
temporal1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:08 am
Szdfan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:19 am
Or perhaps these things are not as widespread as people say they are. I get a bit suspicious if it's always someone else's library that's causing all these problems.
My OP is a first-person example of visiting a smaller satellite King County WA library with my young grdaughter.
What a shock when the sweet young librarian addressed me so politely, walked with us to find certain books we requested,
THEN ..
when my back was turned, she slipped in a few UNwanted books, silently giving them directly to the child.
i was clueless, until the child took the books to her mother, saying she didn’t want them.
This is the basis for this topic. First person experience in a smaller neighborhood library.
i’ll never trust a librarian again, not with any child.
What were the books? Did you or your daughter talk to the library or the librarian's supervisor? What was their response?
This was in 2019, 100% unexpected. i don’t recall titles. Since 2019, as reflected in this topic, the situation has become public knowledge.
i was flabbergasted at the deceit by one i obviously trusted+respected, a librarian, i appreciated her outward courtesy, appalled to realize her “courtesy” was underhanded manipulation - to influence an 11 year old child.
My daughter was livid, her immediate reaction was that she would go to the local library supervisor and King County Library in Seattle. i encouraged her. She ruminated. i don’t believe she did anything.
Btw, Knight was appalled and strongly encouraged reporting. He didn’t mince words.
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This is my daughter who was brutally raped by a football player as a new freshman in a large state university.
She didn’t tell me until after she graduated. She did not report it to anyone.
i was horrified and assured her it was not too late to report it, that i would be with her in every way possible ..
She has done nothing, said nothing, to this day. i’ve never known his name. nothing.
We rarely mention it. She never mentions it. On rare occasion, i ask her about it. Silence.
A lot of evil goes on like this. i’m sure you’re aware.
i 100% empathize with silence, for various valid reasons.
Public shame, fearing retribution, not wanting to relive painful experiences, not being believed, etc.
The biggest downside is it allows perpetrators to find new victims.