Jealous, hungry, inspired. That’s what I felt the instant I started paging through PETA’s new Kids’ Guide to Helping Animals, the free magazine from PETA that will help kids channel their passion for animals into easy everyday actions.
Jealous—because as an animal-loving kid with no idea how to put that to good use, …
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Those of us who are of a certain age, like me, are concerned not only with the work to save animals right now but also with what the future holds for the animal rights movement. And thanks to PETA’s one-of-a-kind youth outreach program, the younger generation is adopting a compassionate lifestyle like no other before …
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Back in the day, we had very few movies to which we could point and say, “Now there’s a good, strong, humane message!” Oh sure, there were a few kid-oriented movies with a moral to the story, a few that were entertaining and educational, and even some that were socially sensitive. And of course, …
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Young kids can be very sensitive. They find wonder in everyday things and are fascinated with absorbing life as it is unveiled around them. Kids can be empathetic as well, with an innate ability to understanding the feelings of others. Little kids oversimplify the measures that we use when determining right or wrong; there’s …
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