Hi GoryDetails, I like the way you concerned yourself with 'minors'! I think its our obligation to watch out for children we come across in our daily lives, to ensure that these children are safe from harm. If all of us each do our best or part; children will be safer.
Warm regards Emily aka AuntyJo @ BC --- In [email protected], "ecrust2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Jocelyn" > <jocelyn.schroeder@> wrote: > > > > Hi all - > > > > How do you all feel about sending books out to minors? > {snip} > > > For me, the issue isn't so much about the content of the book(s) > being requested, but whether an unsupervised minor should be > exchanging snail-mail addresses with strangers at all. Of course, > it's hard to be sure that the person you're dealing with *is* a > minor; people sometimes enter the birth date field incorrectly, > either accidentally or on purpose. But if I suspect that the person > who's asking for a book is under 16 or so, I'll check their profile > to see if they list another BCer as a parent, and if not I'll ask > them to have their parent or guardian contact me to let me know it's > OK to send a book. If the BCer does list another BCer as > parent/guardian I'll PM them about it. > > I should probably add that I've only run into this situation a couple > of times since being a BCer; in most cases if I've been asked for a > book for an under-age BCer the request comes from their parent to > begin with. But I do think it's something to consider; if the parent > is not a BCer (or even if they are) they may find it very unsettling > to have packages from strangers arriving for their children... > > -GoryDetails > > See the books I've set free at: > http://bookcrossing.com/referral/GoryDetails > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
