magazine for 12 year old?

[720L]

I was thinking of getting my DD12 a "teenish" magazine subscription. She already gets American Girl.....but what about something like "TeenBeat"---that's what I think I read when I was a teen. Any suggestions? Would there be any inappropriate material in there?

 

[stsomewhere]

teen vogue

 

[mamacatnv]

I bought DD her first Tiger Beat for her 12th B-Day. It is now a staple with every birthday present she gives and she bugs me for it often when we are at the store.

My mother would never indulge me with "that trash" so I indulge DD.
It is my understanding that Teen Beat is no longer published.

 

[C.Ann]

We (DD & I) get my DGD (12) Tiger Beat - and there's one other one I can't remember off the top of my head.. They seem to be fine.. If not, her dad would be having a fit.. I think she's going to be allowed to date right around the time she qualifies for Social Security - LOL..

 

[Syrreal]

I think that at 12 I was already reading Seventeen Magazine.

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

My daughter loved the Teen Vogue (still does at 15) and Girls Life. I think Seventeen is too mature for a 12 year old since it usually has at least one article on how to please our boyfriend and stuff like that.

 

[Cat0727]

I was reading Girl's Life at your DD's age.

 

[Syrreal]

My daughter loved the Teen Vogue (still does at 15) and Girls Life. I think Seventeen is too mature for a 12 year old since it usually has at least one article on how to please our boyfriend and stuff like that.

I thought those articles were more in mags like Cosmo Girl
(it's been a long time since I've even looked at 17)

 

[marlynnp]

My daughter loves Girls Life.

 

[Kitzka]

DD is 12 and doesn't like Girls life but she LOVES J-14 and Twist.

Lara

 

[luvmy3]

My dd gets J-14

 

[brittsmum1998]

DD 12 gets Teen Vogue & Seventeen. She will be getting a subscription to Seventeen for Christmas.

 

[hambirg]

You say she is already getting American Girl. That is such a GREAT magazine! My DD15 has outgrown it, but the message they send about self-esteem and being a girl is GREAT!

I would so NOT get my daughter a subscription to Seventeen. Hear me out, I always got it as a teen, and it was mostly about makeup and fashion. I'm very open with my oldest daughter. She is 15 going on 35. BUT, when I have looked over that magazine now, I ABSOLUTELY don't like their message. Like a PP has said. . .it seems mostly about trying to please your boyfriend and they assume you are already having sex. Like I said, I'm very open with my oldest daughter, but NO WAY, NO HOW I'm sending her that message!!!!

Ok. . .so I think the Teen Beat types of magazines are ok. It's basically the Enquirer for tweens. No harm, no foul. My daughter likes Nylon. . .which is a more hip, younger version to Vogue. I think Teen Vogue is ok, as long as the girl understands that it's a fashion rag and she doesn't have to look like an anorexic to be ok.

Please don't get our her Seventeen. . .just pick up a copy and read it. My DD15 is getting a script to Spin this year. She loves music and even though it's an adult magazine. . .it's still not sending that horrible message that Seventeen is.

 

[720L]

You say she is already getting American Girl. That is such a GREAT magazine! My DD15 has outgrown it, but the message they send about self-esteem and being a girl is GREAT!

I would so NOT get my daughter a subscription to Seventeen. Hear me out, I always got it as a teen, and it was mostly about makeup and fashion. I'm very open with my oldest daughter. She is 15 going on 35. BUT, when I have looked over that magazine now, I ABSOLUTELY don't like their message. Like a PP has said. . .it seems mostly about trying to please your boyfriend and they assume you are already having sex. Like I said, I'm very open with my oldest daughter, but NO WAY, NO HOW I'm sending her that message!!!!

Ok. . .so I think the Teen Beat types of magazines are ok. It's basically the Enquirer for tweens. No harm, no foul. My daughter likes Nylon. . .which is a more hip, younger version to Vogue. I think Teen Vogue is ok, as long as the girl understands that it's a fashion rag and she doesn't have to look like an anorexic to be ok.

Please don't get our her Seventeen. . .just pick up a copy and read it. My DD15 is getting a script to Spin this year. She loves music and even though it's an adult magazine. . .it's still not sending that horrible message that Seventeen is.

Don't worry she is NOT getting Seventeen! I always read that too, but times have changed. The messages teen girls are getting from shows like "Degrassi" or magazines are not what I want my DD to see. I quickly looked at a Tiger Beat or some other magazine in the store and didn't see any "sex" articles, just thought I'd get an opinion on here. Thanks!

 

[scrapquitler]

My DD would not have been interested in Teen Beat or those other magazines when she was 12 (she just turned 14). I can tell you that when she was 12, she always wanted to read Time, Newsweek, Womans Day, Family Circle and National Geographic .

Many times when we are traveling, we'll go into a bookstore and I will suggest that she choose a magazine, I'm always waiting to see if she'll go for one of the teen type magazines, but she never does. It's always one of the ones I listed above or something like Nintendo Power, Xbox Magazine or the like.

 

[brittsmum1998]

I've looked at the index for 17 and for the 3 or 4 articles there are about "boyfriends", (mostly about flirting and what if a friend takes your man etc) there are 25 articles about self esteem and fashion. Britt isn't into boys or sex yet.

She is still the type that shares everything with me, and in her suburban middle school she hears more than anything she would read in a magazine.

Britt was never into American Girl. I stand by my decision, I would rather her read something and then talk to me about it then have it brought up at school. If they want to know about sex stuff, a magazine will not deter them, there is always the internet.

 

[NewCrew42]

My DS and DD both love National Geogrphic. I guess we are just nerdy like that!

 

[PatsGirl]

DD13's first subscripton was American Girl and has been reading J-14 and I believe Tiger Beat for about two years now. My DM got her Teen Vogue last year for Xmas but she's not much interested in it. She still looks forward to the others though.

 

[Ohiodislover]

My 12 y.o. gets Teenvogue, Cosmogirl, and Seventeen.

 

[minkydog]

I would so NOT get my daughter a subscription to Seventeen. Hear me out, I always got it as a teen, and it was mostly about makeup and fashion. I'm very open with my oldest daughter. She is 15 going on 35. BUT, when I have looked over that magazine now, I ABSOLUTELY don't like their message. Like a PP has said. . .it seems mostly about trying to please your boyfriend and they assume you are already having sex. Like I said, I'm very open with my oldest daughter, but NO WAY, NO HOW I'm sending her that message!!!!

I agree with you. Seventeen is really more for a college age girl, IMO. When *I* was 17 it didn't have all the articles about sex and pleasing your boyfriend, it was more about fashion. Now Seventeen seems to be the poor cousin of Cosmopolitan, definitely not the message I want to give my DD.

My DD17 loves Teen Vogue. I have not found anything objectionable about it. I'm not a fashionista at all, so nothing about Vogue/Teen Vogue appeals to me. But I don't feel like I have to hide the magazines when her grandmother comes over for a visit.