Kidz Magazine (1995–2007) was a Boulder County-based publication launched in 1995 by entrepreneur and father of six, Scott Smith.[1] Smith developed the idea for the magazine with Glenn Meyers, another father and Spanish instructor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, as they stood outside their children's school discussing ways to further inspire kids towards reading and writing.[2] Their belief was that kids would be more interested in reading things that were written by their peers than content created for them by adults. They also believed that children would be more inspired to write if they knew that an audience of their peers would end up reading the material.[1]
"I thought they might enjoy what each other wrote better, and indeed they do," said Smith.[1]