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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:	Parenting
Notice:	READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:	CSC32::DUBOIS

Created:	Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1364
Total number of notes:	23848

696.0. "Child Development Publication -- Growing Child" by PROSE::BLACHEK () Mon Feb 11 1991 16:07

    I know Volume 2 has some information on child development books and
    magazines, but I want to know about a publication that wasn't mentioned
    in that note.
    
    My daughter is 9 months old.  We get Growing_Child, which has been very
    helpful in giving us guidelines about what to expect each month. 
    Growing_Child has a reduced offer for a subscription for the next 5
    years.  
    
    We decided to not get the subscription, because we can't imagine 
    needing that level of detail as Gina gets older.  But I thought I'd
    ask here...are we passing up a good deal?
    
    And even if we don't get it for the next 5 years, is it worth it for the
    next year or so?  (We do have Penelope Leach's book The_First_Five_Years
    so won't be totally in the dark...)
    
    Thanks,
    
    Judy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
696.1	We declined the 5-year offer also	SCAACT::RESENDE	Digital, thriving on chaos?	`Tue Feb 12 1991 02:27`	18
	Well, our Michael is 12 months, and we've been getting Growing Child/Growing Parent for the past year. We also got the offer to subscribe for the next 5 years, but decided against it. Our reasoning was this: they don't give you any sort of price break for signing up for 5 years; they just guarantee exemption from any price increases that might occur. Now, since the subscription is just $19.95 a year, we figured that if the price does go up it probably won't amount to more than a few dollars. So why commit ourselves long-term to something we may not even want at that time? We'll just keep subscribing year by year till we don't feel we need the publication any more. BTW, for those of you who aren't familiar, it is a high-quality periodical... Hope that helps. Steve
696.2	less interest in this kind of thing over time??	CNTROL::STOLICNY		`Tue Feb 12 1991 11:31`	10
	Based on my limited experience, I'd guess that a parent's keen interest in the development milestones (what occurs when) declines dramatically after the first year (in addition to the fact that the "milestones" are less tangible and far more variable in when they occur). This has certainly been true in our case. I'm assuming this is why they try to lock you in for 5 years....before you realize you don't need it! Carol
696.3	I could have used something like that.	CSSE32::RANDALL	Pray for peace	`Fri Feb 15 1991 17:55`	13
	I dunno -- I could have used something like this when my first one was little. I had very little experience with children and didn't have any idea about things like the living-on-air phase, the temper-tantrum phase, the I-am-God-and-nothing-can-hurt-me phase, etc. I'm not familiar with this magazine, so I can't comment on whether it meets the need. But I suspect that a lot of parents would enjoy watching their children grow, rather than lamenting that they aren't babies (not that anyone here has said that), if they had more information about what is normal for a child that age, what developmental changes they're going through, and so on. --bonnie
696.4	Address/Phone request	TOWN::DICKSON		`Mon Apr 08 1991 16:28`	4
	Could someone please post the address/phone number for Growing Child subscriptions? Thanks.
696.5	Address/Phone	SCAACT::COX	Dallas ACT Data Ctr Mgr	`Mon Apr 08 1991 21:31`	6
	Growing Child 22 North Second Street P.O. Box 620 Lafayette, IN 47902 (800) 388-2625