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Holistic Guidance - Parenting (2-year)
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List Price: $80.47
Our Price: $15.00
Your Save: $ 65.47 ( 81% )
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 months
Manufacturer: The Parenting Group Inc.
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 6-10
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 12
Label: The Parenting Group Inc.
Magazine Type: Time magazine
Manufacturer: The Parenting Group Inc.
Number Of Issues: 22
Publisher: The Parenting Group Inc.
Release Date: 2001-11-23
Studio: The Parenting Group Inc.
Subscription Length: 669
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Editorial Reviews:
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The editorial emphasis of this magazine is on educated and worldly parents raising children ages 0-12. There is in-depth coverage of the issues which affect families, from day-to-day matters like discipline and diet to more global concerns like day care and education. Its regular features focus on age-specific child development, education, health, family activities, food, travel, toys, games, fashion and beauty.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not even worth the (inexpensive) subscription price
Comment: I purchased this subscription despite the negative reviews, thinking that for the low price, even if the magazine wasn't stellar, it would be nice to have around the house as extra reading material. I also thought any information regarding child rearing would be helpful, as (though I work in the field of education) I am raising my first child. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The magazine provided no solid information, and included suggestions such as, "A burger with no pickles takes longer to make, so just scrape them off yourself, (secretly, while distracting your kid with a french fry, if you must)." I read the first few magazines that came, thinking, "The editor of this magazine needs to be fired." Since then, most issues have gone straight from the mailbox to the recycling bin; they're so full of pure dribble that I don't even want to give them to friends.
Customer Rating:
Summary: this magazine makes me wanna blow chunks
Comment: Too bad I have to give it one star, zero would be more appropriate. This magazine caters to exhausted stay at home moms who don't know how to handle their children and to some extent, regret having them. It rarely celebrates children, and offers helpful advice such as "If you need some time to yourself, feed your children dinner in the bathtub. Clean-up is so much easier!" I'm not kidding. I am a working mother with three children and this magazine offers nothing for me. As other reviewers have stated, I agree that it also manages to insult fathers and their ability to parent at some point in the issue. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Last time I checked, parenting matters to dads, too.
Comment: About to become a new parent, I subscribed to this magazine in the hopes of some insight.
...but reading the masthead, I discovered that Parenting only "matters to Moms." I sought out the publisher's web-page and discovered that there is only a tab for "Moms" and not "Dads."
In a country where we're constantly bombarded with criticism about appropriate fathering, why would this publication ignore 50% of it's potential audience?
I examine each issue and more often feel insulted than informed as a new father.
I haven't bothered to unsubscribe, but I certainly won't renew.
By the way, I'm now getting some magazine called "Mothering." Apparently a free subscription because I subscribed to "Parenting." At least it is what it says it is.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than the average family magazine
Comment: This magazine is packed with articles and information. They do an excellent job covering the range of ages from baby to pre-teen. I've read this magazine since pregnancy, and three years later, I still pick up new tips and suggestions in each issue. I can understand how it might not be for everyone, hence some negative reviews, but I highly recommend it and often give subscriptions to it as gifts.
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Summary: Not really "dad" friendly...
Comment: My wife is pregnant and we somehow ended with a subscription to this magazine. I've pretty eagerly dived into just about every book/brochure/magazine/catalog, etc. that had anything to do with pregnancy or children. The magazine really put me off.I appreciate that for every pregnancy, there is ALWAYS a mother who is involved and the father may or may not be in the picture. But this entire magazine seemed to be devoted to pulling the whole thing off without a "dad" in the picture. Even the article "for him" was kind of insulting. Actually, the fact that it has a "for him" section should be a tip off. Like I said, I've read a ton of material and this is the first time I was really put off. Maybe I just got a bad issue, but I'm getting information from other sources. It just seems like this magazine tagets women who either don't have a partner or whose partner is the sterotypical, work all the time, no time for the kids type of dad. C'mon....this might have been fine in 1950, but not today.
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