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[the_rck]

One of the few things I like about Disney sitcoms (I don't like sitcoms in general, so it's not these in particular) is that the teenagers are usually played by real teenagers. The most recent new show, I Didn't Do It, however, seems to have older actors playing the teenagers. I'm hoping that's not a trend. If Cordelia's going to watch sitcoms (and she loves them), I'd rather they feature real kids.

I'm trying to find magazines appropriate to Cordelia's age. She likes Discovery Girls quite a lot, and Scott and I like it, too. Scott and I took a look at American Girl and rejected it. Right now, I'm looking at New Moon Girls. I like what I'm seeing, but I don't know if it will appeal to Cordelia. Does anybody know of other magazines for tween girls?

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[rilina]

Does she like crafts? Kiki might be good. http://www.kikimag.com/

[the_rck]

Her interest in crafts varies. Right now, she's really into the rainbow loom stuff, but mostly she's not interested.

I'll take a look at Kiki, though, and suggest to Cordelia that she take a look if I like what I see.

[kyrielle]

This is so not my area of expertise, but I have a lot of friends and classmates with kids in that age range, so I bounced the question (as "can you recommend good magazines for tween girls?" basically) off them. First (and so far only) reply:

* gets "Discover" it is through the discovery channel and all about science stuff. American girls was fun, but we were not into dolls that much. Time for kids, Teen People, and Cat fancy are all on her list.

[kyrielle]

And a few more:

* Kiki is a GREAT fashion/design/craft magazine for girls. No ads, and no crap body image issues. www.kikimag.com

* The last one I looked at for my girl when she outgrew "little kid" magazine was the Cricket family of magazines for tweens. There are several, with different areas of focus, all without ads. http://www.cricketmag.com/

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I adore New Moon Girls! Kendra has a new subscription to it and has received one issue so far. I'm not sure if she likes it, and have no idea if Cordelia would. So I'm no use! :-S

[the_rck]

I sent Cordelia the url for New Moon Girls to see if it interests her. I also sent her urls for magazines called Kiki (which has a crafts and design focus) and BYOU which also look good. I don't know if she'll go for any of them.

We do like Discovery Girls. It's tween focused rather than teen focused. I don't think there's a single mention of boys, and it's got a lot of stuff about real girls (no celebrities).