How We Can Build ‘the Future We Want for Our Children’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Kirk Cameron the answer for how parents can give their kids the best possible future, and it starts with the books they’re reading.
“I want to talk to you about Scholastic Book Fairs. Remember those, as a kid? Oh, they were so much fun,” Cameron said during an episode of his “American Campfire Revival” podcast.
The actor noted that today, there are many books being marketed to children with immoral messages.
“We wanted to go after the head of the snake, and we found that — you know who produces most of the really nasty stuff for children in schools and libraries today? It is none other than Scholastic Books,” Cameron said. “Times have changed, and the woke mind virus has thoroughly infected those who make the decisions at Scholastic. Now, when a child brings home a Scholastic book from a fair, it’s more likely to be about gay dinosaurs, trans toddlers, crossdressing ducks or teenage pornography.”
He continued, “When parents are told about this, unfortunately, many are shrugging their shoulders…thinking, ‘Oh, well, there’s nothing we can do about this.’”
Cameron asked, “What if there was an alternative to Scholastic Books…where [kids] could get their hands on wholesome content that celebrated the values that they believed in?”
Sky Tree Book Fairs was formed “by a concerned group of parents who worked with Kirk Cameron throughout his public library story hour tour and were inspired by his actions,” according to their website.
“They recognized the need for a reliable and safe option for book distribution in schools. Those parents knew they were facing direct competition with companies like Scholastic but endured to overcome the monopoly on children’s book publishing and distribution,” the description continued.
Cameron noted that there are “over a thousand schools” that have canceled their contracts with Scholastic in favor of one with Sky Tree.
“We’ve got to get off the couch, stop complaining and lamenting, and start creating and building the future and the world we want for our children to live in,” Cameron encouraged his viewers. “We need to create alternatives for the bad things, create good alternatives for parents and churches and schools and libraries to latch onto, and then we can put gasoline on the fire, wind in the sails, and [let] these things grow. God always multiples the things that He loves.”
Cameron has been part of the charge for putting moral books into children’s hands, working with Brave Books to publish a series of books for kids, including “The Fox, The Fair, and The Invention Scare” and “As You Grow.”
“We need resources to help establish a strong moral foundation and BRAVE Books are the perfect tool to do just that,” Cameron said in a statement on Brave Books’ website.
Movieguide® previously reported on Cameron’s commitment to changing culture:
Actor Kirk Cameron is explaining why Christians can’t give up on the culture just yet.
“I’m not waiting for someone or some divine event to exit us out of this world to escape the culture,” Cameron said as the release of his new book, Born to Be Brave: How to Be a Part of America’s Spiritual Comeback, approaches. “I want an opportunity to partner together with you and with my kids and with your kids and grandkids and as a family of faith to restore the culture, revive the principles that bring heaven to earth. So, please don’t give up on the culture. Give up on fear, give up on defeat, but don’t give up on the culture.”
Cameron went on to explain how Christians can help change the culture.
“I’m praying for culture to have a change of heart, and that’s what you and I ought to be doing when we look at the world around us,” he said. “There’s reasons for outrage every single day when we see what the destroyers of liberty and the haters of God are doing to our children and to our institutions and to our country and the school systems and everything else. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
“In fact, when what’s on the inside of the people of America — the values, the faith and the worldview is decidedly good and in line with the values of heaven — that eventually works its way out into our families, into our communities and into our culture,” he continued. “That’s how good cultures are born. People of faith who have courage and are brave to stand up for what they believe in, speak the truth in love and apply these principles not only in your personal life but also to your public life, that’s our task.”
