Parents should sit down with librarians and be given a chance to ask questions about Net access. Librarians can also work to address boomers' and others' phobias about technology bringing on the end of civilization as we know it because kids are watching and clicking instead of reading. Libraries are one of the few places in American society where computers and books exist alongside one another. Despite all the hysterical political rhetoric surrounding pornography, many parents may be willing to risk occasional exposure to Penthouse if their children are gaining access to critical new information technology. Either way, it should be an individual, not a governmental, choice.
Librarians can explain the complicated issues involved.
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