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Is Highlights magazine woke?
self | 11/15/2022 | Steven Hoffman

Posted on 11/14/2022 9:12:12 PM PST by 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?


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: children; gifts; highlights; reading; woke
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To: CatHerd

It looks much better. I might go for these. I don’t think the animal world cares about wokeness.


41 posted on 11/15/2022 3:37:06 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: skr

Focus on the Family looks like another good choice. Imight orderone to see.


42 posted on 11/15/2022 3:40:44 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

“Is that something you think anyone here enjoys reading?”
No I am thinkng there might be some parents,grandparents that have seen the magazine and could give me their opinion.


43 posted on 11/15/2022 3:45:37 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: shoff

I got a subscription to a magazine called Your Big Backyard when my daughter was that age.

https://www.kidsworldfun.com/magazines/your-big-backyard-magazine.php

It wasn’t woke, but who knows what it is like now.

Then there’s Ranger Rick Jr.

amazon.com/National-Wildlife-Federation-Ranger-Rick/dp/B003I7HS5M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UR3D4ZKNTRQU&keywords=range


44 posted on 11/15/2022 3:49:52 AM PST by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: shoff

Yes, at least the animals haven’t gone woke. I was afraid the magazines might have gone woke since I last looked, and checked out a few sample copies and could not find anything, not even any dreaded Climate Change stuff.

I liked the way they honored the parents’ primary role in guiding their children, too, and stress that. In the Cub issue, they show Tilly the Tiger with her mother, showing the size difference and say Tilly will grow up to be as large as her mother, but in the meantime her mother keeps her safe. And there’s a parent guide for every issue so parents can share more fun facts about the featured animals with their child and so forth and be the smart teacher. I was glad to see that.


45 posted on 11/15/2022 4:19:46 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Angelino97

What about the Harry Potter books? I don’t know.


46 posted on 11/15/2022 4:51:47 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Angelino97
A favorite LGBT talking point is, "Hate is not a family value."

Refusing to cater to mental illness is not hate and sodomy is the antithesis of a family value.

47 posted on 11/15/2022 5:10:25 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: cymbeline

She’s not old enough for Harry Potter yet. (3 going on 4)


48 posted on 11/15/2022 5:12:25 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Larry Lucido
Gallant was always a phag.

Shaming kids like that was conditioning to raise generations of simps.

49 posted on 11/15/2022 5:13:28 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: shoff

“She’s not old enough for Harry Potter yet. (3 going on 4)”

Gotcha. I’m just wondering about those books. I know kids that are devouring those books.


50 posted on 11/15/2022 5:13:41 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: shoff

Will Goofus be a “homophobe,” and Gallant woke?


51 posted on 11/15/2022 5:34:29 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: shoff
I'm going to recommend the Concordia Publishing House, part of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the conservative, Bible-believing branch of Lutheranism in the U.S. Concordia's Books for Children section of its web site has 15 pages of materials to scroll through; all the materials will be in accord with the basics of traditional, family-centered Christian belief. Our Sunday school uses Concordia materials.
52 posted on 11/15/2022 7:44:49 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free... Galatians 5:1 )
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To: Angelino97

Abe Books: abebooks.com


53 posted on 11/15/2022 8:09:10 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Reddy

I collect such books as well. Mine include history, mathematics, physics, chemistry, woodworking, metalworking, and gunsmithing. Of course, I also have gardening an the original Foxfire series. Heck, I even have texts which describe making electron tubes and associated circuitry.


54 posted on 11/15/2022 8:12:02 AM PST by GingisK
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To: shoff

Don’t know about currently, but it was leaning that way when my children were in grade school in the 70’s and 80’s.


55 posted on 11/15/2022 8:47:30 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray withSout ceasing)y)
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To: shoff

Well, just check the Goofus and Gallant section:

Goofus: swaggering bad boy takes the ladies home on weekends.
Gallant: occasionally takes another guy or a transgender “lady” home for variety and compassion’s sake.

If it’s something like that, then Highlights has gone woke.


56 posted on 11/15/2022 8:49:08 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: shoff

It would be better to just get your kids a bb gun and practice target shooting.
They will more likely need to hone that skill in particular in the future.


57 posted on 11/15/2022 8:57:03 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: shoff

I’d like to thank everyone for their responses. I am going to try that Ranger Rick magazine and make a stop at a local used book store for some pre-woke fairy tales.

I did not want to buy Highlights and find the coloring section with something like “color in Janes penis, and Joes breasts.” I don’t want to encourage something that should be my daughters responsibility to handle in her own way. I just wanted something fun for a young girl.

Thanks again!


58 posted on 11/15/2022 12:15:24 PM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: cymbeline

When I was very young my parents read the A. A. Milne Pooh stories and poems to me, but that was a very long time ago.


59 posted on 11/15/2022 12:40:46 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: GingisK

One day these books, and the knowledge that they contain, will be priceless.


60 posted on 11/15/2022 5:47:46 PM PST by Reddy (BO stinks)
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