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So, I have these nephews and a niece, grades 9,7,5, the girl in the middle. Smart kids. Their parents do not watch TV news and do not take a paper--they get all their news on line. Meaning the kids don't really get any access to news or news sources except online or at school. In this modern world, I think it is a real challenge to raise kids to have some awareness of what real news sources are or to get in the habit of knowing anything about the world except what is in your social media. When I was a kid, dad listened to NPR in the car and we had the crappy conservative local paper, and we sometimes watched 60 minutes, the evening news, or Meet the Press. As I got older I'd buy Rolling Stone, and sometimes read magazines my folks had around. Sis agrees that all these things are important, but isn't going to start watching the news with her kids or buy a newspaper. I was thinking of sending them the New Yorker, which has cool pictures, adult comics, news, and culture, but that's probably something they would grow into, not something they would get now. Although my thought is that by having it around it becomes a part of their existence, maybe entice them with these gorgeous covers, what's this grown up stuff, the occasional article about celebrities and by the time they were 18 they'd occasionally read it. I am thinking though there might be some more age appropriate magazine that deals with news, popular culture and art, sports, something that could sit around the house, look good, and maybe entice them to occasionally get interested in the world and at least familiar with knowing what a credible news source is.
Sister is thinking of signing them up for Skimm, which is a daily email with news content condensed for "22 year old urban females". I looked at their website and hope to god that my family are smarter and more curious about the world than that. http://www.theskimm.com/recent
Am I just nuts for thinking that I can get kids to recognize or be interested in real news? Is New Yorker just a ridiculous idea (I hope at least my sister would like it)? Do kids read anything today aside from instagram? Should I just figure that if my sister doesn't care enough to watch the news or listen to NPR sometimes, why should I bother? Or are they just too young to worry about it?
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>>Am I just nuts for thinking
>>Am I just nuts for thinking that I can get kids to recognize or be interested in real news?
Yes.
Look at their snapchat feed and see what they're in to. Start there.
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Most kids just regurgitate
Most kids just regurgitate there parents worldview until they drop acid or get stoned for the first time and wake the fuck up!
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Some actual journalism being
Some actual journalism being printed in Teen Vogue.
The Atlantic magazine is good, if you think they'll read it without the glitz.
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Mother Jones.
Mother Jones.
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Wow, Nancy, Teen Vogue does
Wow, Nancy, Teen Vogue does have articles.
I usually read Atlantic on line but think of it as being less kid-attractive than New Yorker. New Yorker has cartoons in it, might as much have an article about a sports star or about a movie, not explicitly a news mag. I think of Atlantic as more of strictly news. Good for me, maybe not kids.
I don't know how to tell my sister that the skimm is depressing and I hope to god no one in our family is that shallow without insulting her. Maybe I should just encourage it as baby steps? It seems to be geared toward people who are so lacking in knowledge that they need a 3 sentence news summary of the biggest event of the day so that they can have one topic to discuss at a dinner party with grown folks. As a website for 22-34 year old women, it gives me the heebie-jeebies. Maybe I should think it's OK for a 7th grader?
No one in that house would read Mother Jones.
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>>>>see what they're in to.
>>>>see what they're in to.
Video games (one has a gamestream youtube channel), nba, GTA, volleyball and fashion
I'm just trying to get them used to the concept of current events, and that there are other news sources besides buzzfeed
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Book of world records.....
Book of world records......loved it in middle school
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Harper's?
Harper's?
http://www.magazineline.com/harpers-magazine?AffiliateID=LJZ-3J892&gclid...
Although if they like fashion, Teen Vogue might be perfect.
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http://www.teenvogue.com
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-call-white-house-comment-line-closed
TEEN VOGUE
>We’re less than a week into Donald Trump’s presidency, but members of the resistance are already hard at work contacting elected representatives and the president himself to express concerns over Trump’s damaging actions, including executive orders affecting the environment, targeting immigrants and refugees (and the cities that protect them), women, and more.
But, while you can call senators’ and representatives’ offices to air your grievances (as long as their voice mailboxes aren’t full, that is), Americans are no longer able to call the White House directly. The comment line (202-456-1111) that used to be open to the public is now “currently closed,” per the automated recording you hear when you call. That message states that, “Your comment is important to the President,” so if you want to share it, you can do so via the White House website or Facebook page. The problem is, sending Facebook messages and emails can sometimes feel like shouting into the void. It’s different than having a two-way conversation with someone about the very serious issues our country is facing (and, by the way, calling is generally more effective).
So, to solve the problem, White House Inc. — created by Revolution Messaging, the same company that worked on Bernie Sanders’ digital presidential campaign — connects you to Trump in a different way: by calling his businesses, the same ones the president isn’t divesting from, despite the fact that it may be illegal and unconstitutional for him to hold on to them. The idea is that, since Trump is still very much intertwined with his businesses, American citizens should be able to share their thoughts and concerns with anyone at any of those businesses and have that message communicated back to the President.
“By not divesting himself from his businesses, he’s actually creating satellite White Houses all over the world,” White House Inc (which was actually created last year to urge Trump to divest from his businesses) notes on its website. “That means we have dozens of phone numbers we can use to reach the president and discuss the issues that matter most. Foreign leaders and Wall Street executives know that if they want to reach out to our President, they can just connect with his business associates. Now the American people have a direct line to Trump too.”
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ripley's
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It's probably good that the
It's probably good that the parents don't watch the TV news. Bad influence on the entire family. Endless propaganda and pharmaceutical ads.
What are good subscription magazines for kids of teenage years?
"Smithsonian" mag has been pretty cool over the years; "Scientific American" often covers interesting stuff. "National Geographic" always has cool fold-out maps and if you collect a few decades worth and frame them up properly, they are about equal to R-6 insulation in old houses.
If I could relive my grade 7 - 12 years, I would cut a few hours of Krap mass media per week and learn some economics, plus basic real-estate legalities. Youngsters deserve those basic skills before heading out to College, independence and potential Real-Life situations.
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teen Vogue - not just for
teen Vogue - not just for teens
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/donald-trumps-national-security-advisor-m...