The CEO of children’s educational magazine Highlights released a very pointed statement on our country’s current humanitarian crisis of an immigration policy on Wednesday. In the statement, titled “Highlights Stands Up for Immigrant Children,” Kent Johnson opened his public statement by reminding everyone that the mission statement for a company that services children and their education has a duty to try and help those children “become their best selves.” He explains that one of the most important things for children to learn is “moral courage,” having the strength to stand up for what you know is right, “even when it is hard.”
“We denounce the practice of separating immigrant children from their families and urge our government to cease this activity, which is unconscionable and causes irreparable damage to young lives.” Johnson says that this situation is so blatant that Highlights’ position can hardly be considered a political one, calling it basic “human decency.”
Highlights calls for anyone reading to contact their representatives to demand the end of this practice. Finally, he reminds everyone that we are our child’s most important teacher: “Let our children draw strength and inspiration from our collective display of moral courage. They are watching.”
Highlights has decided to take the opposite tact that Wayfair furnishing founders Steve Conine and Niraj Shah have taken, which led to workers staging a walkout on Wednesday.