National Geographic Kids

MY 2 YR. OLD GRANDSON LOVES THIS MAGAZINE! (2010-08-26) : 5/5
I bought this magazine for my 2 yr. old grandson and he absolutely loves it. Me and Grandpa love reading it too. The pictures are fantastic and it has great articles in it. The reviews I read on this were from years ago so NGK must have improved since then because the magazine isn't full of ads like they complained of. I recommend this magazine for all kids, young and old.
?? Where is my Subscription?? (2010-07-29) : 5/5
I'd like to review, but have not received a single issue yet. I'm sure that it will be wonderful - National Geographic is a great media name.
no contents (2010-06-18) : 2/5
My 6 years old daughter has been reading this magazine for 2 years, after one year of the 'little kids'. She still enjoys reading it, and looking forward to it in the mail. However, she always finish the whole issue in 10 minutes. That's the all the readable contents, including anytime she needs to memorize whatever she didn't know before.br /br /I figure she likes it because 1) it's something of her own, among dozens of magazines and journals for her parents. 2) it's really easy to read.br /br /I don't like it because: 1) The quality of the magazine does not resemble a tiny bit of National Geography, from photos, to print, to paper it uses to bounding. It's like cheap brochure printed 40 years ago, when cheap 3-passed printer can't print one line of red on top of one line of blue. Even 40 years ago, good printer would have produced better result than this magazine. There is little photos, among lots of silly illustrations. The few photos it uses look like they are taken with $10 Kodak one time camera, and processed in places cheaper than Wal-Mart photo center.br /br /2) There is no contents. No experience, no knowledge, no whatsoever.br /br /I may still renew it, as long as my daughter still reads it, and as long as I still can afford it.
Used to be good but has gone to the dogs! (2010-06-07) : 2/5
I used to get this magazine as a kid when it was called World magazine but that was 25 to 30 years ago. Now, National Geographic Kids has gone way downhill. These days, the magazine has too much advertising for junk food, video games, and tv shows that are not educational and too many articles that are not educational such as articles on new movies, singers, and video games. I was shocked NGK did an article on Miley Cyrus. That does not belong in a National Geographic magazine. I don't have any kids of my own but I do have a baby nephew and I am not ordering NGK for him when he gets older because NGK sucks!
Terrible (2010-05-19) : 1/5
In addition to all the advertising, which like others I strongly object to, this magazine has two other problems. First, much of the material is presented in a very small font, making it extremely difficult for an emerging young reader, or even an adult with less than perfect vision, to read. Second, the magazine endorses and role-model pop culture such as texting, in a way I consider inappropriate at any age and completely unacceptable given the young ages the magazine is targeted to. Oddly, I have been very impressed with NG's "Little Kids" magazine, which is free from all these problems and quite educational. This made me double disappointed and frustrated with NG's "Kids". Don't waste your money on this magazine, even if it is fairly inexpensive. Get "Highlights", "My Big Backyard," or "Click" instead.