On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:17:47 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-03-22 2:34 p.m., Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> graham > wrote:
>>> I treat my grandchildren to books at any time. I don't consider them as
>>> luxuries but necessities.
>>>
>>
>> Me too. I buy my daughter all the books she wants. I view it as an
>> investment in her future. I just wish she’d take an interest in reading
>> some of my childhood favorite books. :-)
>
>I was never much of a reader when I was a kid. I didn't care much for
>kids books, kids movies or cartoons. I do lots of reading now, usually
>at least a book a week. We made sure to read to our son every night
>and he became a very avid reader. While we bought him lots of books
>over the years we encouraged him to use the library.
>
>I have to wonder about some of the parents I see with their kids at the
>library. They go to the checkout and each kid has more than a dozen
>books. I appreciate that the kids are interested in reading, but I think
>that is really abusing a free service. They can take a few, read them,
>bring them back and get some more. Leave something for other people.
>People abuse the DVDs too. One day the woman checking out ahead of me
>had more than 2 dozen videos. That's more than three videos a day for
>the one week loan period. I would have no problem with a 3 movie limit.

The art of bitching. Bitching about how many books children borrow at
the library. Unbelievable!