Homeless at Starbucks: Why the Coffee Chain is Bringing in Social Workers

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9. That's terrible.

We used to have a problem with teens hanging out at the computer lab. They got pretty loud an out of control playing computer games with each other. They weren't bad kids. They just had no place else to hang out after school and their families could not afford home computers.

So I suggested that the library set aside a space for them, which they did. The teens now have a "teen center" in the library with a couple of their own computers, some tables and chairs, and sound proofing plexiglass partitions. There are groups there every day. Some play computer games, some watch videos, and some do homework.

They come from poor families. Better to have them in the library than on the streets getting into trouble.