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'''''The Friend''''', formerly titled '''''The Children's Friend''''', is a monthly
==History==
=== Origin ===
Some{{Who|date=September 2020}} have traced the precedent for The Friend to [[George Q. Cannon]]'s establishment of the ''Juvenile Instructor'' as a "first-class child's paper" in January 1866.<ref name=":2">Gillespie, Gary. "The Friend." ''Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saints History''. Arnold K. Garr etl. al, ed. p. 401.</ref> Over time though this periodical shifted to being under the organization of the [[Deseret Sunday School Union]] and became more aimed at teachers than children.
The [[Primary (LDS Church)|Primary]] organization was [[Aurelia_Spencer_Rogers#Founding_the_Primary_Association|formed in 1878]].<ref>Church Educational System, Church History in the Fulness of Times, rev. ed., Salt Lake City: LDS Church, 1993, p. 410</ref>{{Clarify|reason=relevance here unclear|date=September 2020}} In 1890, the Free Public School Act was passed by the [[Utah Territorial Assembly|Utah Territorial]], establishing schools in the territory. Funded by taxpayers, LDS Church doctrine could not be taught in the public schools, which concerned the Primary General President, [[Louie B. Felt|Louie Felt]], who said, "If there was a time when it was important to attend to the spiritual education of our children, it is now when so many of our little ones attend the district school, where religion is forbidden to be taught." [[May Anderson]], Secretary to the General Primary Presidency, first suggested the idea for a periodical for children in 1893.<ref name="Oman">Susan Staker Oman "Nurturing LDS Primaries: Louie Felt and May Anderson, 1880-1940" Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, Number 3, Summer 1981.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|title=[[Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia]]: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|publisher=The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press)|year=1936|isbn=1-58958-026-5|volume=4|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|pages=[http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/BYUIBooks,5639 271], [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/BYUIBooks,5896 273]|authorlink=Andrew Jenson}}</ref>▼
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[[File:May Anderson and Louie Felt.gif|200px|thumb|left|Louie Felt (right), offered her home as collateral for the printing of the Children's Friend, and her companion May Anderson (left), was the
▲[[File:May Anderson and Louie Felt.gif|200px|thumb|left|Louie Felt (right), offered her home as collateral for the printing of the Children's Friend, and May Anderson (left), the magazines first editor ]]
=== ''The Children's Friend'' ===
By 1896, the Primary General Presidency began lobbying for its own publication, making several appeals to the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]], but were denied because, "it was too great an undertaking."<ref name="Benson2019
The men in the printing office discouraged Felt and Anderson from printing the magazine, one of them stating, "Don't do it. Don't do it. Magazines run by women always fail. Take my advice and drop the idea." In November 1901, an office building was secured and
The initial print run was 2,000, with it increased to 4,000 the following year.<ref name="Benson2019">{{cite journal |last1=Benson |first1=RoseAnn |title=Sarah Louisa Bouton Felt: Thousands Called Her Mother |journal=BYU Studies Quarterly |date=2019 |volume=58 |issue=1 |url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/sarah-louisa-bouton-felt-thousands-called-her-mother}}</ref> By 1906, after improvements to the magazine and sales representatives created in each ward, circulation increased to 20,000. In 1924, the magazine changed to a larger size, with two colors in the cover, and included picture and serial stories. In the 1940s, center pages featured cut-out crafts for children, and lessons for children were eliminated. By 1970, circulation was at 170,000.<ref name=Harward>{{cite thesis |last1=Harward |first1=Conrad A. |date=1976 |title=A History of the Growth and Development of the Primary Association of the LDS Church from 1878 to 1928 |type=MA thesis |publisher=Brigham Young University |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4772/ |hdl=1877/etdm319}}</ref>{{rp|234–236}} The Primary General President often doubled as editor of ''The Children's Friend''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Bigelow|first1=Christopher Kimball|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=031wDwAAQBAJ&q=the+friend+lds+magazine&pg=PT273|title=Latter-day Saint Family Encyclopedia|last2=Langford|first2=Jonathan|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2019|isbn=9781684127832}}</ref>
=== ''The Friend'' ===
''The Children's Friend'' changed its title to ''The Friend'' at the end of 1970.<ref>Arave, Lynn. [https://www.deseret.com/2008/1/24/20066191/lds-church-terms-no-longer-in-use "LDS Church terms no longer in use"], ''[[Deseret News]]'', 24 January 2008. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.</ref> ''The Friend'' has been published since January 1971.<ref>Hansen, Ralph W.
[[Gordon B. Hinckley]], then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, explained in an article in the December ''Improvement Era'' some of the reasoning behind the name change. He wrote, "The name of the magazine will ... simply be the ''Friend'', dropping the word ''Children's'', because when some youngsters get to be ten and eleven years of age, they think they are no longer children. But they still need a Friend".<ref>Hinckley, Gordon B. "A Friend for Every Child." ''Improvement Era'' 73 (December 1970): p. 97-98. quoted in Gary Gillespie. ''The Friend'' in Arnold K. Garr etl. al, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saints History'', p. 401-402</ref>
In 2012, the magazine's contents were described by the ''[[Deseret News]]'': "''The Friend'' magazine has incorporated scriptures throughout the magazine. Each article is based on a scripture, includes different stories about Jesus and a poster is found each month titled 'Bright Ideas' that has an easy scripture for children to memorize."<ref>Petersen, Sarah. [https://www.deseret.com/2012/10/18/20508294/interactive-scripture-games-apps-for-kids#reading-the-scriptures-can-be-difficult-and-discouraging-for-famillies-with-young-kids-but-the-messages-found-in-the-scriptures-are-relevant-for-all-ages "Interactive scripture games, apps for kids"], ''[[Deseret News]]'', 18 October 2012. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.</ref> ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'' criticized a 2013 article about the mothers of [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|LDS Church presidents]] published in ''The Friend'' for not including the names of the mothers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stack|first=Peggy Fletcher|date=2013-05-06|title=Something's missing from story on Mormon prophets' moms|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=26607684&itype=storyID|access-date=2020-09-17}}</ref> In 2015, its circulation was estimated to be 275,000.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sambuchino|first1=Chuck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiFjDwAAQBAJ&q=the+friend+lds+magazine&pg=PT408|title=2015 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published|last2=Underdown|first2=Harold|publisher=Penguin|year=2014|isbn=9781599638669}}</ref> That same year, the magazine ran an initiative where children sent in paper cutouts of their hands with an act of service they performed written on them;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cannon|first=Austin|date=2015-05-20|title=The Church Is Asking Kids Everywhere to Help With This Fun Service Project|url=https://www.lds.org/church/news/friend-campaign-invites-children-to-give-us-a-hand?cid=HP_TU_5-12-2015_dCN_fCNWS_xLIDyL2-3_&lang=eng|access-date=2020-09-17|website=LDS Living}}</ref> over 30,000 of these "helping hands" were received from children worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thanks for Your Helping Hands!|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/friend/2015/11/thanks-for-your-helping-hands?lang=eng|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref>
In 2016, the magazine's article "Savannah the Engineer," about a young girl who enters a battery-powered-car-designing contest, was viewed by one LDS [[Feminism|feminist]] as one of several instances of increasing gender equality in LDS Church-affiliated organizations.<ref>Stack, Peggy Fletcher. [https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3495658&itype=CMSID "Mormon feminists score small gains — in word, in song, in lessons, and, they hope, in life"], ''[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]'', 9 February 2016. Retrieved on 24 March 2020.</ref>
As part of a panel at the [[UNICEF]] Humanitarian Action for Children in December 2019, [[Joy D. Jones]] mentioned that ''The Friend'' would publish articles for children about "safe health practice, including hand washing, mosquito nets, removal of standing water, immunizations, exercise, and nutrition" the following year.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/primary-general-president-speaks-un-geneva|title=UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children|type=Video|language=en|publisher=UNICEF|year=2019|time=24:35}}</ref> In August 2020, the church announced that beginning in January 2021, ''The Friend'' would change from being published only in English to being published in a total of 23 languages every month, with another 24 language editions published bimonthly.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Colby|date=2020-08-14|title=Church moves to three international magazines starting in 2021|url=https://kslnewsradio.com/1931290/church-moves-to-three-international-magazines-starting-in-2021/?|access-date=2020-09-17|website=KSLNewsRadio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stauffer|first=McKenzie|date=2020-08-14|title=LDS Church to replace 'Ensign,' 'New Era' with global magazines|url=https://kutv.com/news/local/lds-church-to-replace-ensign-new-era-with-global-magazines|access-date=2020-09-17|website=KUTV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Means|first=Sean P.|date=2020-08-14|title=LDS Church phasing out Ensign, its 50-year-old magazine, for new global publications|url=https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/08/14/lds-church-phasing-out/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Editors==
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=== Editors of ''The Children's Friend''===
* [[May Anderson]] (1902–40)<ref name=Benson2019 />
* [[May Green Hinckley]] (1940–43)<ref name=Harward/>{{rp|237}}
* [[Adele C. Howells]] (1943–51)<ref name=Harward/>{{rp|237}}
* [[LaVern W. Parmley]] (1951–70)<ref name=Harward/>{{rp|237}}
=== Editors of ''The Friend'' ===
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*[[Joseph W. Sitati]] (2015–17)
*Hugo E. Martinez (2017–18)
*Randy D. Funk (
*Randall K. Bennett (2022- )<ref>''The Friend'', November 2022, p. 3</ref><ref>During Bennett's tenure as editor, Ricardo P. Gimenez served as assistant editor between 2022 and 2023, when he was subsequently replaced by Kazuhiko Yamashita.</ref>
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