But parents already have the right to get an alternative assignment for their child or deny permission to check out certain books from the school library. And, of course, they can keep their children from choosing titles they deem inappropriate at the public library. They do not, however, have the right to decide what all children can access.

This part resonates a lot with me because I'm a parent and I feel like I have a tremendous amount of control over the books my kids are exposed to. My kids are in school in NJ and based on conversations I've had with school faculty I feel pretty confident I could keep my kids from being exposed to anything I would deem inappropriate.

But I also have not encountered anything I would deem inappropriate because the librarians I've talked with are quite fantastic at what they do.

I feel like the only way I'd have enough fear about the books that I'd want to ban any of them would be if I was completely removed from my kids' educations.

That leads me to the conclusion that the people crying out to have certain books banned should probably just redirect that energy into being involved in their kids education.