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Hi Kid: Has Childhood Innocence Been Banned?
Featuring: Why Kids Need Graphic Books, How Schools Spend Your Money, and a Children's Hospital Shocker
Hello Hi Kid Fans & Friends! We are grateful you are here, humbled by your steadfast support, and thankful for your curious minds. Last week, the world celebrated the annual Book Banning Holidays, so we thought we would would see how the festivities were celebrated locally. You may be surprised to see the celebration involved adult-only events and you really should click the links to learn the content of the books accessible to kids. Also, we found out some surprising information about Children’s Hospital Colorado we thought you’d be interested to know. Thanks for helping us grow! Reach out on X with any ideas about conversations you wish were happening locally. Please encourage others to subscribe to our newsletter (HERE). Find us on X @HiKidHey. Let’s connect!
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Ban Books Or Ban Innocence?
The loveliest time of year is finally here.
The evenings are crisp and cool, Trader Joe’s has an entire aisle dedicated to pumpkin spice products, and Poudre Libraries is celebrating #BannedBooks.
In recognition of the festive season, Poudre Libraries spent last week celebrating and promoting controversial books which have been highlighted by concerned parents in school districts across the country. The local library hosted high school and adults-only after-hours parties, had a banned book read aloud, and even featured a banned book reading contest.
The content in the top 10 banned books promoted by Poudre Libraries includes themes such as: celebration of kids injecting themselves with cross-sex hormones, graphic portrayals of sex, specific instruction regarding how to perform a variety of sexual acts, links to graphic pornography internet sites, and statements so shocking we do not feel comfortable repeating in this publication.
Have you ever found yourself confused by the seemingly sudden availablity of pornography and graphic sexual content on school and library bookshelves? Are you like us and wonder why conversations about exposing minors to graphic sexual content are even necessary? Does this seem, well, abnormal?
We just may have an explanation for you.