Good Afternoon Rena,
Excellent question.
You may want to also contact our library cousins, who have been dealing with this subject for many years. Almost every public library -- across this republic -- have been dealing for decades, with children being dropped off, sometimes for the entire day by parents and other "caregivers."
Back in the late 1980s there was an article in the NY Times about this issue. Here is a link to the article......
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/15/us/library-as-day-care-new-curbs-and-concerns.html
Best wishes and have a wonderful weekend,
Wesley
p.s. The PPFM's minimum age limit is under 16.
Wesley S. Creel
Administrator of Programs
Pink Palace Family of Museums
Memphis, TN 38016
www.memphismuseums.org
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office 901.636.2370
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