Attacked by Magazines

Am I the only person that takes offense to the magazines that are placed at a child's eye level in grocery store check out lines? The pictures and story lines that jump off of them and into my child's face are seriously disturbing. I have enough of a challenge keeping topics of sex and what the world thinks is the best body image for a man or woman out of the world of my kids, without having to go preview the checkout aisle before letting them enter. I have pretty much gotten to the point of just not taking them with me when I go to the store. I will say that the first store that I have personally been in that makes an effort to protect young eyes from these rags is the Publix here by my house. They have opaque plastic covers in front of all of the questionable magazines that are placed in the check out line. They are a more expensive store than some of the other chain grocery stores, but I'm willing to pay the extra money if my kid are with me, knowing they won't be exposed to that garbage. I'm not sure what can be done to change this in other stores, but the topic headlines on some of these magazines (namely, Cosmopolitan and Glamour) are, in my opinion, pornographic, and should be treated as such.

The others that get me are the tabloids that will have "undoctored" photos of celebrities at their most unattractive moments, that have zoomed in on the cellulite that is exposed in whatever outfit they have on. Really??? Shame on the publication, shame on the stores for displaying it, and SHAME on the people that buy that trash and use it to dictate thier lives. Our society has become so consumed with "keeping up" with the star of the moment, that they don't know what reality is anymore. Women, if you are using these magazines to dictate who you are and how you should act, you are looking in the wrong place, and I can pretty much promise you that they are not encouraging you to behave like a lady should. Try reading Proverbs 31.