How old is the child? If she is over about 10 (i.e. not really old enough to require parental supervision when shopping) then I'd treat her like anyone else who reads books all the time for free. If you'd ban them, then ban her. If you just make it hard on them to read a lot for free, then do that. If you leave them alone, then leave her alone. She can't help her age and she is an occasional customer.
If she really is too young (say, four to six) to be unsupervised then I'd have a talk with her parent. If they persist in letting her free range and she really is at risk from being unsupervised then you might actually consider calling social services.
She looks to be about 10. I've never banned someone before and I don't think I would want to do this to this girl. My problem is just that she's taking up one of our only two chairs every day for 2-1/2 hours! There is a library 7 short blocks away where she could do the same thing and not turn new books into used.
If it were me, I'd probably say something like "I see you in here a lot reading but not buying. Do you have a library card? You might want to consider getting one, so that we can sell our books to customers and you can keep reading. The library is just down this street.", or something? You could also try speaking with the parents...
Alas, the library is also not a babysitter, and it attracts a rougher teenaged crowd thanks to free net access, if it is anything like my local library.
If she really is too young (say, four to six) to be unsupervised then I'd have a talk with her parent. If they persist in letting her free range and she really is at risk from being unsupervised then you might actually consider calling social services.
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