When your toddler pulls books off the bookshleves at the library...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When she pulls off the second book after not putting back the first, tell her firmly that she can't have another book without putting back the first. If she pulls off another, remove her from the library. Depending on her reaction, I might just leave the two or three books at issue on the floor at that point as it is the best of the evils. Then, I would take her outside and let her get her crying out and tell her that when she calms down and is ready to put the books back, she can go back in. If she gets calm enough, take her in and let her put them away. Repeat if necessary. If she doesn't get calm enough to put the books away, call it a day.

Your job is to teach your child, not just to clean up after her.

I completely agree.

OP, I can sympathize. I have a crazy DS who would happily pull all the books off the shelves everywhere - Barnes and Noble/at home/library. There was a period there where we just stopped going to the library because it was too tough to keep him in line. But, we worked on it and worked on it, and now he's a ton better.

It is your responsibility to teach your child proper behavior in various settings. Pulling books off the shelves is rude to the other patrons of the library and rude to the librarians.

Make your expectations clear with DS and follow through with some appropriate consequences. Putting the books on a cart or back on the shelves is not the right solution to your problem.