ITEMS OF INTEREST May 19, 2008 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Elizabeth Dabney Hochman, Ray Finger

KIDSPIRIT MAGAZINE, a new Brooklyn-based magazine with an all-kid editorial board, is trying to empower kids 11 to 15 to explore values, spirituality, and life's big questions in an explicitly non-affiliated and inclusive forum. KidSpirit, the only youth-driven spiritual magazine of its kind, release[d] its Premiere Issue in April 2008. It is ad-free and printed in full color on recycled paper.

Recent polls show that the United States is one of the most religious countries in the world. A 2005 Harris poll found that roughly half of the teens in the country feel that religion is "extremely/very important" in their lives and an AP/MTV poll conducted in 2007 reached two striking conclusions: Young people who describe themselves as very religious or spiritual tend to be happier than those that don't; and they are generally tolerant of the beliefs of their peers. ...

KidSpirit magazine aims to reach a national audience and to offer a probing alternative to the flood of commercial teen magazines. ...

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