[edverma2]

Why do people speak online as if the library is a place anyone goes to? I understand some people still go to libraries, but this cannot be considered a commonplace activity like it once was. Librarians do not hold any meaningful position in society because so few people come in contact with them.

[nathan_compton]

Do you have kids? Virtually every parent I know (myself included) visits the library at least once a week with their kid. In my community the library is very well trafficked.

[Der_Einzige]

This sounds like some upper middle class white Boston shit. This is 1000% not the experience of most parents in America, especially the browner and poorer parts of America. Good luck getting one library attendance a year from most American children…

[badc0ffee]

Are these the same American children who graduate high school without anything above basic literacy?

[mpalmer]

Kind of the point of the post, isn't it?