<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Ours is 8, but they only need to be accompanied by a caregiver who is 13 or older. We're a very walkable library, so a lot of siblings come together.</div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><span style="font-size:13pt"><em>Deb Hemmye</em></span> <br>Library Director <br>Huntington Woods Public Library <br>26415 Scotia Road <br>Huntington Woods, MI 48070 <br>248-543-9720, ext. 686 <br><br>Currently reading<em> The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, </em>by Hampton Sides</div><div><img src="cid:edd263b2d898971b64f5cc1caee2d177e567aaad@zimbra" data-mce-src="https://webmail.tln.org/home/dhemmye@hwoodslib.org/Briefcase/Wide Wide Sea.jpg" width="75" height="114" doc="Briefcase/Wide Wide Sea.jpg"></div></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"Michlib-L" <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org>, "Sarah Rick" <srick@bathtownshippubliclibrary.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Jana Slisher" <jslisher@bathtownshippubliclibrary.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 3, 2025 2:08:12 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age<br></div><div><br><style style="display:none">/*<![CDATA[*/P {
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Our rule is age 7.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 3, 2025 12:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jana Slisher <jslisher@bathtownshippubliclibrary.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Unattended Minor Age</font>
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I am emailing to ask at what age are kids permitted to be in the library unattended by a supervising adult? We are looking to review our policy and wanted to see what cap other libraries have.</div>
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