Time to Boycott Scholastic Books | Guest: Kirk Cameron | Ep 906
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Today we're joined by our friend Kirk Cameron to talk about his new book, "The Fox, the Fair, and the Invention Scare," as well as the rise of inappropriate books for children in schools and why it matters to fight back. First, we recap our last conversation with Kirk, in which he declared public schools enemy number one. Is this still the case, and what should Christians who work in public schools do to combat the ever-growing hostility toward their worldview? We look at where inappropriate children's books are coming from and explain how Scholastic Books is a wolf in sheep's clothing attempting to force gender ideology books among the books we know and love. Kirk shares about his alternative to Scholastic Book Fairs, SkyTree Books Fairs, and we discuss why he feels to passionately about this subject and why it's so important for us as Christians to stand against the indoctrination of kids. We end with some encouragement on creating good soil for our children and the optimism we can have.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
01:12 Public education
07:30 Scholastic Books
13:06 Sky Tree book fairs
14:30 How did Scholastic get to this point?
16:30 People who say it’s unloving to get involved
22:33 Why Kirk speaks up
30:01 Christian influence
41:17 Good soil for our children
49:01 Kirk’s new book
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Scholastic Books Is Coming for Your Kids | Guest: Kirk Cameron | Ep 906
As Voddie Bachmann says, "You can't send your kids to Roman schools and then be surprised when they act like Romans."
TRUTH
Caesar's schools I believe he said
@conceptualclarity You're right he did say Ceasar. I was paraphrasing but the message is the same
I love that message from Voddie Bacham and love him!
@@elycecapriani1758 me too!
I have a personal story of being a Christian secretary in the front office of a public elementary school and my school district tried to come after me for putting a Bible verse in my email signature (while other staff was allowed to have pronouns and quotes from Marxist authors in their email signatures). I stood strong and refused and they backed off. They didn’t have a policy to backup their request. But it was a modern day example of Jesus’ words that “you will be persecuted for his namesake”. ✝️🙏
You are so brave! ❤
@@Lovinthesimplelife It was all God. He protected me and gave me the strength to stand strong!!!
@@katherinedennison445God's blessings from Bay City Michigan
Stay strong. Loved reading this. Unashamed of our faith!!!!!
Praise The Lord ❤
I taught at a private, Christian school in the Midwest.
It was an awful school.
A few examples: multiple teachers were pro abortion, one teacher said she didn't believe in God anymore (?!), the top administration had no education experience and yet made every single decision down to if a teacher could order more scissors, the admin would gaslight new teachers if they asked any questions about health insurance/contracts/hours (red flag of losing teachers and students every year).
All that to say, just because a school claims to be Christian doesn't mean the teachers, school culture, admin actually are!
So sad but true. I have a friend who is a teacher at a Christian school who says very few of the teachers actually believe the gospel. My cousin just graduated from a different Christian school who described it as very "woke" and advised us not to send our kids there if we actually want them to get a Christian education.
Interesting. I have taught at two different international Christian schools overseas. Believe me they were not perfect but in general I thought they were wonderful places. I taught at one for five years in eastern Europe, and the community could not have been better. Working at these places are treasured memories for me especially now considering what's happening in education in America.
"Not-public-school" by itself is much too low a bar...
one reason why i LOVE my kid's private christian school is that we had to sign an agreement that the school does not tolerate any sort of gender ideology BS, will advise any students dealing with same sex attraction to actual helpful therapy instead of just affirming them, and if we decide to participate in any of the gender ideology stuff we'll be removed from the school. they did not care my kids aren't vaccinated (many other christian schools required the covid vax) and the administrator of the preschool and all the teachers i've come in contact with are on FIRE for the Lord. they really seem to walk the wall not just talk the talk.
They would be if enough parents complained. One thing is sacred…..the government can’t tell private schools who to hire.
Thank you Mr Cameron! If it wasn't of you, i would of let my daughter participate in her catholic school scholastic book fair but after listening to you on this topic during a conversation on a different podcast, I decided to pull her out of the fair. In fact, it just made me more confident in my decision to pull her from the school completely at the end of this school year!
Canadian schools are just as bad as the public schools in the US.
❤ from 🇨🇦
This will be an interesting conversation. My kids attend a Chrsitian school so even though we do the scholastic book fairs, a small group of us moms go through most of the books before they make it to the fair. First of all, a lot of them are just bad in general. Bad art, bad story, just a lot of fart jokes, etc.... and many have subtle lgbtq characters,... this in elementary level. Middle school onward is wide open garbage
That's horrifying. Thank you for doing that prescreening. It's so important. My heart goes out to parents today. I would encourage parents to be building up their own home libraries with quality children's literature as much as they can!
@@Yesica1993I want to see parents start their own schools! Maybe combined with the Church? I’m not a mom yet but I ponder starting a way for parents across the country to connect and start homeschool co-ops.
Yes the middle school books are terrible. I've subbed at my school and it's scary to see what all these young teens are reading! Parents need to be involved. I've had a couple conversations with Christian moms about Harry Potter. Contend for the faith and protect your children's minds.
Even without the questionable identity politics I’ve actually been noticing a lot in the way of your first point lately.
I’m not so prude to completely avoid a mostly innocent fart noise here and there when playing with my kids, but this obsession with like, boogers and butt cracks and..it’s just this crass and very irreverent streak of grossness popping up in these books that is just so weird
@@ashleynicole9423there are tons of homeschooling coops in every town, so you are thinking in the right direction!
God bless him, he is a great man. We all need to protect our children! God help us and bless our Country
If I could homeschool, I would, in a heartbeat. But it's not feasible. I DO stay actively involved in knowing what my boys are learning and being taught everyday. I firmly ground them in reality. And enforce what GOD wants them to be. 🙏✝️
Look into Heidi st John. Her interview with Alex Clark is great!
I’m the same. I would love to homeschool or put my daughter in private Christian school but I can’t do either of those right now. My husband and I both have to work in order to survive so we don’t have time to homeschool or the money for private. We just have to do the best we can to stay involved with our children and what they are learning and focus on teaching them about God.
And you are doing a great job! Being actively involved daily with your kids in the Word is what we're called to do. Daniel's parents couldn't homeschool him, yet he remained in the faith. We are in modern Babylon. We can homeschool our kids till they leave the house, but one day, they're going to have to live in this Babylon that's teaching them falsehood. Our kids need constant practice discerning right from wrong. We must be actively engaged, teaching them it's better to get a poor grade on a test while standing for truth than it is to bow to the world. We can give them a strong godly culture and train them to embrace it regardless of looking odd to "friends" who come and go. Both homeschool and public school parenting are hard work. But it's hard work that's worth it.
Maybe when your children are old enough to stay at home without supervision you could try a computer based homeschool curriculum. I was taken out of public school in my sophomore year of high school and used switched on school house.
Allie could you continue this conversation by having an episode where christian teachers and parents call in on or are on a round table. Also allowing a call in time for anonymous teachers to share experiences in regards to this topic.
Wow AWESOME idea!
Yes!!!
Please!
This is a fantastic idea, teachers with anonymity from all across the country, could speak to the state of our public schools. I left the profession a year ago and it is as bad as you think.
I also think not every teacher is in a positon to leave but EVEN though they couldn't afford to quit they defied order under cover in order to protect children. I also think not every parent is in a position to pull their children from school. We need to start fixing this situation for the children.
Thanks Kirk & Allie! I’m your age Kirk & I’m finally working to get my teaching degree & working in a public school! I am looking forward to having my own classroom, I’m studying with a specialization in special needs. I hope to provide that service in private school someday!
My husband and I decided that we should homeschool our kids because as Christians we are to train our children in the way they should go. God never mentions schools or have someone else train your children. It has not been easy because my husband is the only one that works which means we live on one income, one car, no vacations, etc.. but God has definitely blessed us in other ways. God is always with us! Parents need to read: Crimes of the Educators by Samuel Blumenfeld and Alex Newman. Allie, please interview Alex Newman I think people will learn a lot from him.
I met Kirk about ten years ago when I was interning at a disability ministry. He really is a stand up guy, and so humble
I’m so glad this conversation is happening! I assistant-managed and then managed an independent bookstore for several years. The family that ran the store had several other locations and when I first started, all the booksellers were raving about this new book called “George” by Alex Gino. It was a middle grade book about a transgender kid. This book went on to win several awards, so many people raved about it. Let me tell you, I never sold a single copy to a customer. Not because it wasn’t there (it was displayed constantly) but because no parent wanted to purchase it! (And our store was in a very liberal town in Chicagoland.) That was about 7 years ago and since then it’s just gotten worse and worse. The amount of propaganda for children that we got in from publishers, especially scholastic, was tiresome. Baby books about consent and feminism, thinly veiled storybooks about CRT… you name it, we had it. Rarely a normal, wholesome, simple story was found, everything had an ulterior motive. I tried to be a light in dark place but eventually I felt like a closeted Christian and if I wasn’t reading or selling a woke book, I wasn’t praised. I love books fiercely but just couldn’t get on board. So I left and eventually my location was closed down. It’s disgusting how something so beautiful like literature has been hijacked to promote lies. Thank God for a new company. I hope enough fed up Christians will start to contribute for alternatives that are done in excellence and Truth!
Please join me in sending emails to librarians about Sky Tree Book Fairs. Many librarians painstakingly take through scholastic books to remove the bad ones, and don’t know there is an alternative. I let my kids’ private Christian school know and they are ecstatic. I will also be notifying as many public school librarians around me as possible.
We all should have paid attention to the school board elections instead of thinking they all had the best in mind for our kids.
You can pay attention in the future. 🤷🏻♀️
Most of those are rigged anyways, depending on where you live. That means you have to fight through other avenues.
They are “rigged” in that those people know normies don’t show up to those elections because they trust that the school boards were just nice people who had the best in mind for their kids, as stated above, and so they know they can vote in whoever they want because they’re the only ones showing up to the school board elections. Just start showing up.
Its sad but I have to do a google search on EVERY book my kids want to take out of the library or purchase at the book store
Even that's sometimes not good enough. Make sure you look through them personally as well.
I’m four decades plus old! And my mum always read every single book I bought home from the library, that was prescribed by school and she’d even get them from the mail, read them and then seal them back into mail for stuff we ordered! It was exceptionally rare something slipped through the nets. But I appreciate she did this. And that was before any of the crazy stuff in schools today. I think it’s being a good mum!
@@michellemorrell1658 You know you contradicted yourself right? But that’s okay because I covered all bases anyway and pointed out that my mum checked EVERYTHING, which she did!
It's easy to have doubts as a homeschool mom. Thank you for the encouragement that we've made the right choice for our kids. 😊
Home run! I homeschooled my kids for a season and it payed off😊! Praise God! Thank you both for your dedication!
Does Kirk Cameron not strike you as the nicest person in the world?! I just want a pep talk and a hug from him 😆
Great interview! I wasn’t expecting it to be so encouraging.
Common Christian testimony - grew up in a Christian Family, losing faith at school, college, coming back to God in my 30s… school can teach but… mates… Let’s just pray for our children and make our job as parents❤️ God Bless You Guys❤️
As a writer who has pursued publishing, I can tell you it's bigger than scholastic too. Many of your big 5 publishers are ACTIVELY seeking writers to write this kind of material for all ages. There are still some great publishers and literary agents out there, but the tide is definitely shifting towards this across many major publishers.
I'm in publishing too. Every monthly issue of Booklist and School Library Journal 100% reflects this. Full of activism books, books on gender, books on race/crt, etc. And those 2 are the gold standard for what librarians look at when determining collections. 😳😬
Yes, this! When I first tried to get published, this wasn't as big of a deal (2016). But it quickly became one. The wishlist for most agents and publishers in the YA (and younger) fiction world excludes Christian authors heavily. It's not that we aren't out here. It's that we're gatekeeped to death.
In good news, there are publishers looking for Christian fiction, and from what I can tell, they're growing. We have to keep requesting these books in bookstores and libraries grassroots style.
I'm in publishing too, and it's coming a long way with publishing books that reflect the world we live in. Nothing wrong with books that talk about gender, race, and activism; they may not be for everyone and they're not the only books published. It always makes me laugh when people talk about libraries and bookstores being "filled" with books with LGBTQ+ characters when it's statistically not possible. The latest stats on books published for kids shared that about five percent had LGBTQ+ characters. So that's 95 percent without. Good news for the people freaking out and thinking libraries and bookfairs are filled with them. It's not true!
One of my favorite Relatable episodes ever! Thank you both for using your platforms to glorify God and encourage other Christians. I was having a hard day, but God really used this conversation to uplift my soul. Keep standing for truth!
"the Eyes of the Lord are on the righteous but the Face of the Lord is against all those who do evil"
Thank you Both for speaking out and ALL your efforts to protect children.
Getting ready to watch video, BUT this is Soo crazy this popped up. I LITERALLY was at my child's book fair today and I complimented the books they had, and there wasnt a ton of razzle dazzle just books and the librarian told me they no longer use scholastic they use a different company.
SO THANKFUL for Kirk Cameron and all the courageous and amazing work he’s been doing for the kingdom!! He continues to inspire me and shine hope!!!
🙏🏻⭐️❤️
Wonderful encouragement. What a great revival that is coming.
Thank you so much for this wonderful encouragement. I love Kirk Cameron even more now! I'm praying for my kids, all 5 in public school because my husband (not a follower of Christ) made this decision regarding their education & won't listen to my arguments in favor of homeschooling. I've always wanted to homeschool, as I was homeschooled & so value that my mom pulled me from public school to teach me. I want to homeschool my 8-year-old twins. Their school does Scholastic Book Fairs; actually it's next week. Thankful you are exposing the harmful stuff they're printing & marketing! I would see their order forms, and I notice just how *woke* they have become. There aren't many Christian books that I could find (other than Berenstain Bears). And I'm glad another parent mentioned how they are just plain bad! (poor writing/art, too much toilet humor). Why should I give my money to this?
Two of my favorites in ONE episode. this is a FANTASTIC episode.
a quote that stood out to me was from Kirk when he said: "siri has lots of knowledge but she has no wisdom".
We’re in Brooklyn NY. We were thrilled to come across a Christian homeschool group that was created by former NYC DOE teacher. It was such a blessing to find. My son is 6 and there was absolutely NO WAY that I was going to put him into a New York City public school the intro of pronouns and lgbtq agenda is soooo ridiculous!
Not just ridiculous… insidious.
I live in Brooklyn New york
Thanknl you from Poland. Now we' re watching how it is going for our children in Poland. And we also need to do something to stop it.
God bless you both! I have no grandchildren but am very concerned for young children in schools
Kurt... Your question at 43 minutes made me cry.
As a Christian conservative mom I struggle with that question often!!!
This is such an important conversation! I am so grateful for this because I didn’t know how bad Scholastic Books truly is! I used to love their books as a child in public school, and I'm only 31.
I cannot believe how bad thess books have gotten.
This may be my very favorite episode you’ve ever done Allie Beth!! (And that’s not because I had a poster of Kirk Cameron hanging on my wall when I was in middle school! 😁). So much truth & wisdom shared. Thanks to both of you!!
My kids LOVE our co-op! They learn everything from knitting to personal finance to gym to Spanish to famous battles and everything in-between. ❤
Good for this administrator & other staff as the fight for these kids!!!🎉❤ 🎉
Kirk & Allie - thank you for recognizing that some of us public school teachers are out there trying to fight the good fight! And that there are still SOME public schools that aren't indoctrinated.
Thank you so much for your youtube channel. Thank you Allie and Kirk for exposing Scholastic, I will give out the print out from SkyTree book fairs about the inappropriate books to a Christian teacher at the school and a few others that should read these. I will make more copies if necessary. Like most Christians I am concerned about what they teach in the schools, and these books teach also. God bless.
Yes! Thank you! I am doing the same thing! Pdf shared with my kids’ school and they are so grateful, as they have been painstakingly screening every book. Now they don’t have to. I’m going to share the info with as many librarians as I can.
This was a great conversation. You guys had really great insight. I’m going to read Jeremiah 29 again and think on it. We lose hope but everything y’all said gives hope and encouragement. So many good points! Knowledge without wisdom… love that point. I have to remember that God put me on this earth in this season and this time for a reason. Oh my goodness I’m gonna share this podcast and also watch it again. Thank you both for ALL you’re doing! God bless you both ❤
Thank you for sharing! I was hesitant when my kids brought home scholastic. I always loved them as a kid...but as I read the titles, something was "off". Yikes! I had no idea. Appreciate your insight as we continue to guide and protect our kids!!
Please parents, check out the scholastic book fair at your child's school! Don't always go by the cover or title, read the content.
Not every school has these types of books and I DO know this as a public school teacher here in Orlando Florida. Our state has had laws put in place to make sure this doesn’t happen. My district/state took it to the extent of having us list every book that every teacher has in our own personal library in the classrooms. My school is making sure teachers comply. Parents must have access to this list which has to be found on our school’s website. And then from there parents can list books they do not want their own kids to read with a “limited access consent form”. Or a full access consent from which gives students access to teacher’s and school library. I get that all this is very important. As a teacher who spent more than days working through this process so that I wouldn’t have to have my library not available to kids for another year due to this, I made sure to make my list, wait for my books to get approved, and then finally give my students access back to fun books. Our librarian and myself do not want to risk our teaching certificates because of books that are inappropriate or not suitable for kids at certain ages so we have taken this seriously. As a Christian I understand the importance of making sure certain types of books are not being shared with kids. I have heard of these inappropriate books in many places. But it’s not like this everywhere. Maybe it’s thanks to laws which drove us teachers crazy but now protect us if we followed through with getting books approved.
Florida is its own animal. It IS like that everywhere else.
Father thank you for people like Allie and Kirk! What a great reminder 46:29 to know that we are apart of one body. We each have different roles in His plan. I really needed to be reminded of that today! My youngest is 19 and after giving years of staying home and raising my children (they still need us as adults btw) it’s easy to forget that we have other roles to fill in His plan. We are one body working together. I am praying that God will show me what my part is in this new part of life! Blessings
He spoke at our church in Leesburg VA. Cornerstone Chapel. And he was amazing as well 🙌🏻🙌🏻we are blessed
Y'all 😭
I tell you what...God works is such mysterious ways!!!!
I can't even explain it all!!
It's book fair time here in East Texas.
Tonight is family night my 4yp grandsons school. In preparation of the chance that I might be able to attend, I looked at the Scholastic flyer on the school website to see if there were any that I thought would be a good match for him. There were a few that my spirit cringed at the title, so I looked them up online and marked them as a big fat NO.
Then, as I was listening to podcasts as I'm working, this one comes on next in line...no searching needed...just God.
Vanguard and Black Rock!!!
2 of the biggest companies that are after our kids!!!
Thank You, Lord, for guiding me to dodge this bullet🙌. You have instructed us to be good stewards of the finances You have provided.
We will gladly support Brave Books and Sky Tree book fairs.
Needless to say, I won't be attending Scholastic book fairs.
Kirt’s encouraged expressions after hearing Allie Beth speak such great Biblical truth is exactly how I am after listening to your podcast!
Great discussion! Thank you both for your time and investment into my children’s future (clean ground for them to till 😉)
for me its such irony that their name is "scholastic" :(
Love the Gandolf quote! And love Kirk Cameron. Wise man!
Allie, you are very talented/gifted in many areas! Motherhood, discipleship, wisdom, and displaying the fruits of the spirit! And yes talking ❤ thank you Kurt Cameron for the encouragement and hope. Jesus is shining through you both! Praising Him for giving you the courage to stand and do His work
This was such an EXCELLENT conversation!! I feel so encouraged and, honestly, … empowered. Thank you!!!
This is horrifying that this is going on. Are people without children but who are concerned about children allowed to ask if these books are in our school library?
Thank You Jesus that we are financially able to homeschool. I understand fully how much of a blessing this is and how many families wish they could do this as well
Shout out to the small town schools still holding on! When you live in a rural small town, all the teachers live in the community. You know where they go to church, how they raise their own kids, and their own kids are in those schools too. So thankful for God leading my family to this town!
Ok but what did Kirk say at the very beginning? Small towns are safe now but shortly they will not be, this is coming for you too. So be ready to fight.
Why am I not surprised! So very sad!
This conversation makes me think of one of my favorite Switchfoot songs, Burn out Bright: "If we only got one try
If we've only got one life
If time was never on our side
Then before I die, I want to burn out bright"
Now how special was that?! Informative, inspirational and encouraging. Wasn’t aware of Scholastic Books. Now I know.
A Nana-fan in North Texas ❤
That's exactly what I needed to hear. It's so easy to get caught up in all the evil in the world, and these were just the uplifting things I needed to be reminded of. We serve a BIG God. Thanks to you both and to Jesus.
14:01 this is how we win... NOT by giving up public education and taking out all of our children. It's honest to say not all parents have the option of homeschooling or private schools. Only by fighting back, together, can we save the future for our children. ✝️
Yes, I think about so many underprivileged children. What are they supposed to do? A kind, Christian teacher may be their only lifeline.
So much Truth and Blessings for us all in that podcast. Thank you Allie and Kirk! 🙏❤️
Kirk’s words are incredibly encouraging, he knows what he’s talking about… and Allie, just ❤
My daughters as in 2nd grade with a 4th grade reading level, and goes to a private Christian school and we always read together. She brought home the Dork Diary Books which were in her reading level and I was shocked when I heard what she was reading. Long story short the principle had the library overhauled and those books and some others were removed. Just make sure you know what your kids are reading.
Great interview! Thanks Kirk for all your work. Parents need to know about these issues and empty nesters like me need your help because our kids are grown and we don’t see what’s going on in schools anymore.
Yes! We've purchased several books that we've just had to throw away! We hate that we supported them by purchasing the titles but I had conviction about donating... didn't want it to reach other kids. So sad 😢
Ty for the warning.
What a treat 😊😊😊 Love you both, looking so forward to this❤
Praise God for Sky Tree
Oh my goodness!! I haven’t watched yet but I have been trying to tell people about Scholastic for years!! I hope to check it out and listen this week. Started homeschooling 2 yrs ago and would like to thank KC for the encouragement.
I'm stealing that Gandalf quote. God bless Kirk Cameron!!
It's unloving when you don't speak up against this garbage. Parents and Christians need to wake up and stop with this love is love lie, and stop being a bunch of cowards by not standing up for righteousness and for our children. THANK YOU ALLIE BETH AND KIRK FOR DOING THIS STANDING UP FOR OUR CHILDREN!!!! STANDING UP FOR PARENTS AND SPEAKING THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD AGAINST THE evil IN THIS SOCIETY
What a grace-filled and inspirational conversation. Thanks, Allie Beth and Kirk!
Love this! I have loved Kirk for so long.
Allie Beth- what is your favorite study bible?
Thank you for that great show
This is so, so good. Thank you! Preach, y'all!!!!! Yes!
As a school teacher, I have seen Scholastic Books/Book Clubs change since the pandemic. Really, right now they are expensive and too progressive not the classics or dollar deals for the classroom anymore.
What the heck are blue-collar workers who can't homeschool or afford private school do? All I can do is try and deprogram my kids daily and take them to church every time it's open. Feeling overwhelmed.
Talk to your church and try to create a homeschool pod. I have a couple friends schooling other families kids to help out.
Look up some Christian homeschoolers on UA-cam and start learning. I have now seen many examples of homeschoolers who also work. Homeschool isn't 7 hours a day and doesn't have to be in the daytime. There are parents who do it in the evenings and weekends. I have seen stories of people who dramatically downsize to make it possible. Seriously, a family with 6 kids lived in a tent (a nice sturdy one with a floor and electricity) for a season so mom could stay home and Homeschool. Where there's a will, there's a way.
Yes do the best daily. Those "little" things will make all the difference. And pray. God will open the red sea we each need when we need it. That's all we can do
@@hannahthehomesteader Where there's a will willing to do God's will, He makes a way! ❤
We were a blue collar family on one income and homeschooling 5 kids. My husband even lost his job during covid for fighting the mandates and we took a huge financial blow. We are still paycheck to paycheck abd trying to replace what was lost, but God has been so faithful. Our church has been amazing. We attend an inexpensive homeschool co-op once a week and they work on their homework throughout the week. Grandparents help when they can (they all still work full time) and our church community all help each other. If your heart is leading toward this direction, pray and wait on the Lord. He will make a way. It will not be easy.... but so so rewarding.
So many profound statements/thoughts today. Thank you for making me think!
As someone who grew up on 90's sitcoms, I remember Phoebe Buffett on Friends going on a date with a man who wrote erotic literature for children. Phoebe was grossed out and horrified and left the restaurant. We all knew that was wrong and disgusting. Here we are 30 years later and it's in the libraries.
Thank you for all you do Allie and Kirk.
And yes good ranchers is great meat.
Yes, read the print! This has been going on for years but parents trusted their child’s teacher… No more can we put our children in the hands of public schools, woke or just complacent teachers! It’s past time to take our tax money and choose the best education we want our children to have!!!
Thank you both for this 🙏🏽 I’m definitely sharing this valuable info w/other parents and friends.
We need a Brave book written by Allie Beth Stuckey next! Love everything he is trying to do for the kids of this generation and generations to come!
Goodness! Brought some tears to my eye around 26min! Didnt expect that!
I love and appreciate Kirk Cameron, and now I do even more. Especially after quoting Lord of the Rings in this context. This is encouraging, thank you!
Thank you for the encouragement and inspiration!
Wonderful episode!
Hope is much more powerful than despair
Has anybody gone to court against scholastics and challenged/charged them against the distribution of pornographic content? If yes, what’s the court case? I’d like to read about it.
Kirk representing postmil like a boss.
I was looking through the book fair products and I found a lot of astrology books that were eye catching for kids because of the crystals and jewelry. You can have astrology but not the Word of God?? Make that make sense. That is absolutely absurd. I had kids purchase those books and it’s sad to know they are being brainwashed at this young age.
That was very inspiring... thank you both
Every time I hear Kirk, I just smile.
Excellent video!! Thanks!! ❤❤
It’s the Prodigal son… the father GIVES the thing the son is asking for “control”… and when the son comes to terms with his wrongness & TURNS BACK to his father!! And the father runs to him with open arms!!! May we turn back to JESUS!!!
Best podcast you’ve done. So encouraging❤
Prussia school system hasn’t changed. 😢
This is so inspiring!
did anyone else have "The Care and Keeping of You" (American Girl puberty book)? my mom got me that when I was like 9 or 10 without really reading it and, like Allie said, those images are burned in my mind. I threw the book behind my bookshelf and tried getting rid of it so many times as a kid lol. why couldn't my mom just TALK with me about that stuff??
My mother's sister gave me Growing Up, Feeling Good in 1985, when I was 10 and just starting my period. It was SO weird...😢
I thought the original book of the growing up and keeping you was pretty educational and wholesome my mom talked about it with me too the only complaint by me was I was totally disappointed when my breasts didn’t grow like in the timing it said it would or the size I didn’t start physically changing til 5-6 years post the keeping you book. I was a late bloomer.
Well, thank you for this bc I almost bought this for my daughter. I’m glad I just was honest and had a good conversation with her.
@@claudiag.3036 honestly, I don’t think it’s thattttt bad of a book from what I remember? definitely not like the ones he was talking about in the video (although it does have tons of naked women illustrations). this was years ago. I was just a huge tomboy and hated “growing up” and “becoming a woman” so it scarred me😂 but I do really wish my mom wasn’t chicken about having a real personal convo with me, that’s the most valuable and helpful thing you can do in my opinion!
@@sophielesher8002 I think it would scar my kid, too. 😂 I was given a book with pictures as well. It was some biology book for kids. No talk, no explanation. I was probably 9? Needless to say, I’m doing things differently.
This is great Interview. Thank you for posting. I highly recommended a podcast on children’s literature where the host recently talked about this too. It’s called bright wings: Children’s books to make the heart soar. Her most recent episode addresses this issue November 13th.
Thank you ❤
Can we just talk about how 44 states in the USA have an exemption law that states schools, libraries, schools of higher education and other entities supported by tax dollars are ALLOWED OBSCENE MATERIAL in their facilities?!?!?! BY LAW. That means people who are not allowed to view pornography at work can just go to the library!!! How messed up is this?!
Public School Education has been replaced with Publik Skool Indoktrinashun