Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: Meredith
Languages: Array
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Meredith
Number Of Issues: 12
Publisher: Meredith
Release Date: 2001-11-23
Studio: Meredith
Subscription Length: 365

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

Customer Rating:
Summary: even the articles are nothing more than ads
Comment: There are much better parenting mags out there. Don't waste your money the articles are common sense or just written to sell a product. In fact some of the info I found misleading from the truth. Try Parenting Magazine the topics are similar but the info is better and doesn't seem written by the companies advertising in their magazine.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Waste of time
Comment: For the amount of advertising and articles written by advertisers, they should be giving this away. We found Wondertime to be a better (but still flawed) child magazine.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Helpful and entertaining, if your kids are preschoolers
Comment: 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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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good magazine
Comment: I really like Parents magzine. I've also read Cookie and Parenting, but like this one the best.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: parents magazine
Comment: this is a great mahazine, designed for all parents no matter the age of their children.

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