I'll sign on in the "Give the Sign a Break" column with this anecdote:
Back in the early 1980's there was a ceremony in Oakland, CA that made the Evening News that centered around adding a missing apostrophe to the "Childrens Hospital" sign on the outside of the building. I don't know when the place was built, but all of the signage had been in error until that day. It is now, properly, "Children's Hospital".
Oddly, perhaps, the hospital has always enjoyed a great reputation, missing punctuation notwithstanding, though the last twenty years HAVE seen a modest uptick in its approval rating among English teachers.
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"Back in the early 1980's there was a ceremony in Oakland, CA that made the Evening News that centered around adding a missing apostrophe to the "Childrens Hospital" sign on the outside of the building. I don't know when the place was built, but all of the signage had been in error until that day. It is now, properly, "Children's Hospital".
IF you were to use a comma, then Children's is definitely the proper placement. However, I think of "Childrens" in this case as an adjective, not a possessive. Not meaning to be contrary here, mind you. This is just some of the "fun" I have every day. Where I work, we have Founders Day (no apostrophe) and Parents' Day. I've tried to point out the inconsistency but...
I have an apostrophe in my last name. I had a nice party last week because of it in fact. It drives me nuts that in this day and age, so many software programs don't accept an apostrophe. My records are often lost because of this.