Cookie Review

I pitched in the $13 for the first year to be a "charter subscriber" to this "new, hip" magazine. The "free bag" drew me in as well as the claim for "new, upscale information". The bag was the cheapest free magazine gift I ever recieved, a tiny piece of nylon crap. Humorous when the magazine touts such expensive, high quality products. I figured the magazine would be something different than the usual "Parents" and "Parenting" magazines I'm always reading. I was very dissappointed in how little information was actually in this magazine. I am estimating there was maybe 30 pages of articles and information in about 150 pages of magazine, and thats estimating high for the useful pages. Nearly the entire magazine was filled with extremely overpriced products and clothing for kids. And even their "affordable" vacations were always in the multiple thousand dollar price range. I loved that every suggested vacation came complete with on site daycare. Why not just leave the kids at home if you don't want to be with them on the vacation. Made no sense to me. The only part of this magazine I enjoyed were the 4 or five Cookie Facts scattered through the first section of the magazine, and they were not worth the subscription price. I can't believe anyone would find this magazine useful. On the positive side, since there were only about 4 articles in the entire magazine, it took only about 5-10 minutes to page through it and read the supposedly good stuff. This magazine might be good for people with unlimited income and a need to keep up with the Joneses, but it's not for the average American family living on any type of a budget. Don't waste your money on this magazine. Oh, one other kind of cute feature, they always ended the magazine with a picture and a story behind it. Kind of cute and sentimental, kind of cheesy, but sadly, one of the highlights for me. Once again, doesn't say much for the magazine's quality.