Magazines National Geographic Kids
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Rating: - Should be called "Advertisements for Kids" ... where is the Geography?
I ordered this magazine for my son expecting the same level of quality articles as National Geographic Magazine has but, written at a kids level. After seeing two issues full of advertisements pushing things like: junk food, Video Games and Movies and even a review of video games, I am cancelling the subscription. This magazine is very disappointing and not at all up to expectations. All parents should cancel and send a message to the owners of this junk magazine that is doing nothing more than pushing advertising on our kids. Stick to a high quality magazine like National Wildlife's Ranger Rick.

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Rating: - Children's Magazine
This magazine is for my grandson. He seems to enjoy the articles and the games very much. Educational, I would say, while being fun too.

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Rating: - Very disappointing
We have been very disappointed with the quality of National Geographic Kids Magazine. It is full of corporate advertising. Even the content is advertising. The last issue had an "article" on the movie Eragon which is not even rated yet and a second article on another movie with Ben Stiller. The writing is dumbed down to be "entertaining". Many articles have sections written in IM speak such as "how r u" and "this is 2 cool".
It is not at all what I expected from National Geographic.

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Rating: - sneak advertising
My kids were given this magazine as a gift and I HATE it.

As others have said, it is very full of advertising, and it advertises the worst kind of stuff -- candy, sugar cereal, video games, TV shows, etc.

But the overt advertising is not the worst part. The worst part is the "hidden" advertising. Half or more of the "articles" are really product placements and movie or TV show or video game tie-ins.

I have taught my kids to read advertising with a skeptical eye, but it is hard to teach them to question even benign looking content.

As a comparison, we also subscribe to Sports Illustrated for Kids. Full of advertising, yes, as are all magazines that aren't explicitly ad-free. But at least the content is good and not chock full of paid product placements.

As an alternative to this, I would recommend getting the Boy Scouts publication Boys Life. (Despite the name I think it would be good for girls)