Family Friendly Shopping Week

(October 25 – November 1, 2009)

We’ve all been there…waiting in endless check-out lines with our children. Maybe we’re so worried about keeping them from grabbing gum and snickers bars that we’ve become complacent about the danger placed right at their eye level—the racy images and sexually-charged headlines that surround them as we wait to check out. More than one parent of an emerging reader has been asked, “What does S-E-X spell?” Each month the magazines get worse as the headlines become more illicit and the use of profanity increases.

Since silence equals acceptance, will you join other parents this week and let businesses know we will not patronize their stores at the expense of our children? During White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week, please let your voice be heard. Support businesses that do not display material inappropriate for children to see. Let businesses who display these inappropriate materials know that you will not shop there this week. Respectfully ask them to follow the lead of thousands of other stores by covering inappropriate material, removing the material from sight, or creating a “family-friendly” check-out line. You could do this by calling the store manager, writing a note on the comment cards found at most customer service counters, emailing the corporate office for the chain, or visiting the store and speaking directly to the manager.

Please forward this on to others who may be tired of stores selling sex to kids. Let’s get it covered up or moved out this week! For more information, visit www.forevermoms.blogspot.org, a site sponsored by the Treasure Valley Idaho Chapter of American Mothers (a non-profit, non-political, inter-faith organization in support of the family). Learn about WRAP week, comment on your success, find links to great anti-pornography websites, and learn more about protecting children from the effects of pornography.

Join us in shopping “Family-Friendly!”

Alison Moulton
Elizabeth Neratko
Leslie Simmons
Valerie Christensen