OKAY, GROOMERS: Beware the New York Times kids section.
“Stinky. Sweaty. Hairy. Pimply. Totally Normal.”
That’s the seemingly innocent tagline of the “Puberty Issue” of the New York Times for Kids, which appears in the print newspaper on the last Sunday of every month.
The kids section, which was started in March 2017 as a part of the New York Times magazine department, often looks harmless at first glance. The cover typically boasts colorful and engaging artwork, while inside, children are greeted with cartoons, games, puzzles and mini articles about cool accomplishments by other kids. Past issues covered how kids could spend their summer vacations, interesting facts about bugs and other creepy critters, and how to start growing a garden.
The “Puberty Issue,” which ran in print on April 30, is no exception — it contains tons of useful information kids might need to know about their changing bodies and assures them that being uncomfortable throughout the process is normal.
It’s also filled with radical ideas of gender, dismisses attempts by parents to remove pornographic content from school libraries as anti-LGBTQ “book bans” and falsely claims that “medical care” for children experiencing gender dysphoria “saves lives.”
The Weimar Republic called and said that the American left might want to dial it back a notch or 20.