Sports mag for 10-12 year-old girls?

[shootingstar]

If you haven't done this already, take her along to a bookstore with a large magazine selection plus large book sections organized by sport, travel, etc. and teens bks. also.

You might get a better feel what she will automatically gravitate towards if you not certain of her tastes at this point...which can be fickle and exploratory.

Or type of books and magazines that are cluttered around in her rm.

If it is a book or magazine, just aim for adventure and fun...especially latter. Isn't that what keeps all of us on bikes/tied to any other favourite sport?

[TrekTheKaty]

Women's Health (sister mag to Men's Health) covers a wide range and is kind of "light." Unfortunately, Her Sports, a great magazine just became a runner's mag.

[michelem]

Just a warning re shootingstar's suggestion: I've recently noticed that our local Borders bookstore is getting rid of a lot of their sports mags (no more running or cycling mags) and is increasing their selection of porn mags, placed right out in open view on their magazine racks (not behind the counter). I voiced my displeasure to the manager. She thanked me for my feedback, but said that "corporate" directed them to return many magazines, including the running and cycling mags, and cancel all future orders and that due to "free speech" there is nothing she can do about the pornos. Whatever. I just don't feel it's right they are out in the open where kids can get an eyeful (and, believe me, the adolescents/teens love to gather 'round and "tee hee" at them). No more Borders for me . . . Hopefully you have better options where you live!

[smurfalicious]

Women's Health (sister mag to Men's Health) covers a wide range and is kind of "light." Unfortunately, Her Sports, a great magazine just became a runner's mag.

I grabbed a copy of this mag a few weeks ago when there was nothing else appealing and I needed fresh bathroom material. Cool article to inspire women to ride, shortly after the piece on "Unleashing your inner sex goddess." Just a head's up it's not kid friendly unless you cut out pages with a box knife.

[KathiCville]

Great, thanks for the tips! I'll check out the suggestions. More ideas would be welcomed..........I also looked at the Women's Sports Foundation website to see if they have a pub designed for a teen audience, but no luck. The website offers a lot of interesting material for parents, coaches, teachers, but I didn't see a magazine or newsletter geared for the girls themselves.

Ideally, I'd love to find something that offers a balance of fun and serious...and keeps the "fashionista-buy-buy-buy" factor to a minimum. At age 10, she's already an expert consumer and doesn't require any more "coaching" in that skill!

[sfa]

It's not a sports magazine, but I've been impressed with American Girl, the magazine published by the same people who do the dolls. The magazine is non-commercial (except, of course, that it's part of the overall AG marketing) and focuses on age appropriate topics for girls in that age range (my DD is 10 and loves it; my niece has been getting it since she was 8--it's designed for the 8 to 12 age range). Lots of stuff about friendship, individual accomplishments and self esteem. Also lots of crafts, recipes, quizzes, games, etc. Each issue has features on girls and their accomplishments, which has included sports accomplishments. And, refreshingly, there's been nothing about celebrities, make up, boyfriends, fashion, etc. Oh, and nothing about the dolls either, except tangentially (i.e. the newest doll's story is an anti-bullying story, so there are things in the magazine about dealing with bullies.).

Sarah

[limewave]

We got Sports Illustrated for Kids when I was a kid. I think it had just come out then. My brother and I loved it.