Parents (1-year) | A Must-Have for Parents

Parents (1-year) | Helpful and entertaining, if your kids are preschoolers

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Parents (1-year)

	Parents (1-year) Meredith, 2001 average customer review:based on 50 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

American?s leading family magazine for parents offering proven tips, sure-fire techniques and straightforward advice form America?s foremost childcare experts.

A Must-Have for Parents

I've been a subscriber to Parents magazine for years. I feel like if I miss an issue that I'll miss some important information. In addition to the great articles, product information, and pictures of cute kids, you will find disease, health and vaccine updates, product recalls and warnings about products that every parent should be aware of.

On the lighter side, I love the pictures of the kids, "Baby Bloopers", and "It Worked for Me!" monthly sections.

Also nice, in addition to a table of contents, there is an age-by-age guide included, which states what articles relate to each age, birth through 12 years of age.

Highly recommend for all parents.

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Helpful and entertaining, if your kids are preschoolers

After several years I'm letting my subscription to Parents lapse, but only because my children are now aged 8 and 4 and I find it less and less relevant to me. I think it's best suited to parents with kids in the 0-4 age group - although it does attempt to cover older children, I don't feel that it does so very well.

Parents is a colorful and attractive magazine with plenty of bite-size articles - perfect to pick up when you get a spare five minutes here or there. My impression is that the quality of the articles has improved in the last year. I find it a good source of ideas for things to do with the kids and there have been some excellent articles on behavior strategies. As an example: a recent issue had an article offering a new (to me) way to calm down a toddler in full-on tantrum mode. It talked about how we naturally match the degree of a child's excitement when we are celebrating an achievement ("Good for you! Hooray!") but that we tend to meet tantrums with a minimum of emotion ("Calm down, shush now") rather than demonstrating empathy. It suggested mirroring the child's tone/emotion and using words like "You're really angry about this! You wanted to stay longer!". The idea interested me and I decided to give it a try. I have never stopped a tantrum so quickly or effectively. My son calmed down immediately and said "no, I'm not angry, I'm disappointed". Wow. Kudos to you, Parents.

Having said this, there are also several things that I don't like about Parents magazine. It's not usually a very thought-provoking read - subjects tend to be dealt with in a pretty top-line way. And it often feels that there is an obsession with child safety to the point of being alarmist. (It's good to be informed about potential dangers or diseases, but most parents worry enough already!) It also takes a very mainstream approach to parenting. A recent issue did feature an article on cloth diapers, but it was not well researched and gave a lot of misleading information about best practice. Having used cloth diapers for several years, I found much cheaper and easier strategies and I was disappointed in the quality of that article.

Overall this is a good magazine for the busy parent who just wants an easily digestible source of entertainment and ideas.

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Informative and enjoyable

I've been getting this magazine for about 3 years now, and really enjoy it. There are always articles that apply to my son. The crafts are interesting, and I LOVE their toy recommendations!! I also really enjoy their GoodyBlog online. It's basically the magazine that is updated daily! I recommend this to all my new mommy friends when they are expecting.

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