Anyone else remember Highlights for Children?

[caramel]

Highlights for Children has a mixed memory for me. I loved the publication but I could only read it in doctor's and dentist's offices where I was anxious and terrified since I hated going there. For some reason that I still don't understand today, my parents refused to buy it. They bought subscriptions for magazines like Reader's Digest but refused to get Highlights. I used to tear out the subscription cards from the ones I saw in hopes that my parents would change their mind one day.

Today, Highlights has changed format. They have a smartphone version, a website and a youtube channel. They also have the magazines at my online library. They probably still have the print version. It's just not the same for me. I feel like I missed out on something. (I know, first world problems.)

I used to love (and still do) their hidden picture puzzles.

Anyone else remember Highlights for Children magazine?

 

[ohioboy]

Same here, professional office waiting rooms. I liked them too.

 

[terry123]

I used to buy them for my girls. They enjoyed them for many years.

 

[Lewkat]

I had a subscription for my son for a few years.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Yes, enjoyed Highlights for years as a child. My kids also enjoyed Zoobooks growing up

 

[Fyrefox]

I always found Goofus and Gallant from Highlights magazine somewhat bizarre, kind of like church without the religious elements. It was part of the alternative reality in medical offices. That, and the strange antiseptic smells and fear of getting a shot…

 

[JustBonee]

They still have the printed monthly magazine subscriptions ...But yes, if kids can't look at it on their phones, it's not interesting to them.

 

[Gary O']

I used to love (and still do) their hidden picture puzzles.

Anyone else remember Highlights for Children magazine?

Oh yeah.
I kinda ruined the hidden picture puzzles for others waiting to get shot

I thought Goofus was cooler than that goody two shoes Gallant

 

[Jace]

Same here, professional office waiting rooms. I liked them too.

Yes, was gonna say!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I don't remember ever seeing them and I was a sickly child who went to doctors often.

 

[caroln]

It seems most waiting rooms have eliminated any kind of magazine now due to Covid. Some places have a TV on to alleviate boredom, but rarely. So you just sit there for an hour, staring out a window (if there is one), the floor, or your hands. Note to self: bring something to read.

 

[caramel]

I used to buy them for my girls. They enjoyed them for many years.

I had a subscription for my son for a few years.

Aww, that's so nice of both of you!

I always found Goofus and Gallant from Highlights magazine somewhat bizarre, kind of like church without the religious elements. It was part of the alternative reality in medical offices. That, and the strange antiseptic smells and fear of getting a shot…

I had almost forgotten about Goofus and Gallant. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I kinda ruined the hidden picture puzzles for others waiting to get shot

So that was you!

 

[oldman]

I remember reading “Highlights” in the doctor’s and dentist’s office, but we did subscribe to it. Us kids, my sisters and I did get “Weekly Reader” both at school and the summer edition, which was mailed to the house. I used to think it was a big deal to get a piece of mail addressed to me.

 

[Geezerette]

My folks got me a subscription when I was young elementary school age and I liked it. Even bought a subscription or so for young relatives in later years.
caramel, interesting that your parents wouldn’t buy it for you, but on remembering the content it was pretty liberal and inclusive for its time, in regard to color & ethnicity.

 

[caramel]

caramel, interesting that your parents wouldn’t buy it for you, but on remembering the content it was pretty liberal and inclusive for its time, in regard to color & ethnicity.

I don't think it had anything to do with the content of the magazine. I don't think they read it. I was reading it on my own in the doctor's office.

 

[Pepper]

I remember being disinterested in it but I don't remember why.

 

[JonSR77]

Highlights for Children has a mixed memory for me. I loved the publication but I could only read it in doctor's and dentist's offices where I was anxious and terrified since I hated going there. For some reason that I still don't understand today, my parents refused to buy it. They bought subscriptions for magazines like Reader's Digest but refused to get Highlights. I used to tear out the subscription cards from the ones I saw in hopes that my parents would change their mind one day.

Today, Highlights has changed format. They have a smartphone version, a website and a youtube channel. They also have the magazines at my online library. They probably still have the print version. It's just not the same for me. I feel like I missed out on something. (I know, first world problems.)

I used to love (and still do) their hidden picture puzzles.

Anyone else remember Highlights for Children magazine?

Yes, I remember them, thanks for bringing back nice memories...

 

[Fyrefox]

And in the years which followed…

Goofus became a career criminal, while Gallant became an insufferable suck-up and motivational speaker…

Meanwhile, the mother of Goofus developed a prescription drug abuse problem due to the stress of having to deal with him, winding up in a rehab program…

 

[moviequeen1]

I remember the magazine, enjoy it,can't remember if I read it in dr's office/local library

 

[MarkinPhx]

I remember not only this but if memory serves me right , the Jack and Jill magazine was right next to Highlights.

 

[Abbi Dabbi Doo]

I remember the magazine and Goofus and Gallant and the Timbertoes, but the hidden picture puzzles were the best part of the magazine.

 

[Em in Ohio]

One of many subscriptions that came to my house, but I had forgotten about Goofus and Gallant... still, they may have had a positive impact on my development!