Magazines you or your parents subscribed to when you were a young'un

we were 'poor' meaning we drank hy-top powdered milk and in general the idea any food-related morsel would find its way into the garbage was one of the most sacrilegious things that could ever occur under my dad's watch...

anyway, despite that, we always had multiple magazine subscriptions; my mom put her foot down and not having reading material for us kids was her line in the sand with my dad's hijinks.

here are ones i remember getting as a kid

HIGHLIGHTS



my older brother was a bit of an a-hole and more OCD than me so i was not allowed to circle a single hidden picture. we had to find them and not reveal them for anyone who picked up that magazine in the following 50 years...

and of course, gotta mention the goat!







Also subscribed to Cricket magazine; i mainly enjoyed the little cartoon story along the bottom of each page where the little bugs were commenting on every story in the magazine..kinda like a 70s/80s version of Mystery Science Theater.






EVERYONE was in cub scouts growing up










Schools issued these to all the kids in the suburbs.












then there were these other random mags my mom got me that were a little odd, but ok, i had alot of 'down time' so i read these too




And when my mom wasn't looking i rode my bike to the Big Star around the corner scouring the magazine rack



Finally how in the WORLD did they just put these out at the grocery stores for anyone to pick up??? its 2025 and chicken still won't let us post the images you could enjoy as a prepubescent kid which sent my hormones into overdrive.