Is Highlights magazine woke?

self | 11/15/2022 | Steven Hoffman

[shoff]

I am thinking of ordering Highlights magazine for my grandchild. She is 3 going on 4 and I know I loved it as a kid.The excitment of getting her own mail and then looking thru it would be fun and educational. Is it too woke these days?

[shoff]

I would appreciate anyone that receives it with comments on it's current wokeness.

[Larry Lucido]

Goofus is now Gallant’s parole officer.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

I had a long running subscription for my children which I had to cancel about ten years ago. Their CEO made a deliberate decision to go full on with anti-Christian values. I believe that there was a thread about it here at the time. Now Highlights magazine is just another indoctrination tool of the left.

[fidelis]

I haven't seen the actual magazine in a long time, but a visit to their writer's workshop page doesn't look promising:

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION

The Highlights Foundation is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We recognize the rich cultures and experiences that define our world. Many great accomplishments come from a diverse mix of ideas, backgrounds, and life events. We believe we gain strength from embracing these differences and celebrating the qualities that make each person unique. This is an integral part of who we are.

As an organization, we welcome ALL creators, their work, and their voices. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity (including expression), neurodiversity, disability, socioeconomic status, age, caste, geography, appearance, linguistic or cultural identity, veteran status, marital status, or political belief.

Highlights Foundation - Anti-racism Resources for Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators

[dougherty]

I did a Google search for ‘Highlights magazine woke’. It looks as though it has gone woke. Disappointing.

[irishjuggler]

Goofus and Gallant are now a nice gay couple who are restoring an 18th century house in suburban Connecticut.

[FreeperCell]

Nope.

[smokingfrog]

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/

[Angelino97]

I assume it is.

Buy old books. Find them used on Amazon or Ebay.

There are plenty of old children's series published in the 1940s - 1960s that are traditional and non-woke. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are the most famous, but here are some others I enjoyed as a kid...

* Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators.

* The Mushroom Planet.

* The Happy Hollisters.

* Three Boys.

[smokingfrog]

https://www.highlightsfoundation.org/17043/the-highlights-foundation-commitment-to-sustainable-energy/

[nutmeg]

Wow... WTF??

[Reddy]

Thanks for the laugh. :)

So sad that it is not a laughing matter. :(

[Reddy]

This. I am conserving old books, especially about history. Digital literature can be changed with he flip of a switch.

[alexander_busek]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3502998/posts

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Popular Kids Magazine has Caved to the LGBTQ
AFA ^ | 12/8/2016
Posted on 12/9/2016, 9:55:01 AM by Altura Ct.

Highlights, the nationally recognized magazine for kids, has decided to include same-sex families in their magazines. Babies and preschoolers will soon be introduced to homosexuality in the Highlights line of magazines. Sadly, children’s publications are no longer off limits, even those designed specifically for toddlers and elementary age children.

Highlights had stated previously that they believe parents should decide when to bring up the topic of homosexuality. But after backlash from the LGBT community, Highlights committed to including same-sex families in future publications.

Highlights’ Christine Cully said, “When we do show families in the magazines, we make it a point to include diversity. We strive to be diverse in every way…In the future, we will depict same-sex families in our magazines in a manner consistent to the way all diverse families are depicted.”

Many parents and grandparents buy subscriptions to these magazines as gifts, especially at this time of year. They should be warned of the upcoming change of content in these kid’s magazines. It is not Highlights’ job to introduce so-called “social issues” to children. That is a parent’s role.

[smokingfrog]

Anytime you want to know if an organization is woke, put their name into your search engine along with “ESG”.

[nutmeg]

Thanks. The way things are these days, which, if any, organizations AREN’T woke?? There don’t seem to be many non-woke organizations left...

[Wilhelm Tell]

“Goofus and Gallant are now a nice gay couple who are restoring an 18th century house in suburban Connecticut.”

But that’s gentrification! That’s raaaaaccccciiiiissssst!

[Alvin Diogenes]

I don’t know the others you mentioned, but the Mushroom Planet books (by Eleanor Cameron) were great! I read them all when I was a kid. Very imaginative, no wokeness.

[Organic Panic]

heck. With the filth in kids magazines and books now it would be more tame just getting a subscription of Hustler.....