 Journal "The Library Quarterly" published an article by Eliza T. Dresang which classed "Not in Front of the Children" as an effective treatise on the harmful to minors doctrine.Dresang wrote that Heins had successfully shown that this doctrine, which served as the core basis for legislation including the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), was demonstrably impossible to prove.She concluded that Heins concisely argued censorship of works from the reach of children can have negative impacts on their level of innovation, healthy mental growth, and adaptive abilities.