Girlslife.com
provided by Girls’ Life Acquisition Co.
Summary: Girls’ Life magazine first hit newsstands
in August of 1994. It is currently
considered as the #1 magazine for ten to fifteen year old girls. Girls’ Life and Girlslife.com contains
information for tween girls and advice on academic success, peer pressure, time
management, stress-relieving ideas, and self-esteem. Currently the topics covered in the magazine
can be found online at girlslife.com.
The website offers a penpal program, games, and discussion boards. Girls’ Life is the recipient of multiple
Parents’ Choice Gold Awards and multiple The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media
Awards. It is also the choice magazine
of Girl Scouts of America and the official book for Take Our Daughters to Work
Day.
Review: When I first logged onto girlslife.com, I
was bombarded by zooming advertisements and requests to subscribe to the
magazine. Changing pages also allowed
the advertisements to zoom onto the page.
It wasn’t until I registered with the website that I was able to get rid
of the advertisements. The pages are
very busy with a three column setup. The
left column advertised books published by Girls’ Life, Twitter and Facebook
updates, and selected beauty product links.
The main column provides links to the day’s top articles. The right column features polls, beauty
videos, and featured giveaways. The top
of the webpage offers links to the different topics that Girls’ Life focuses
on, including, guys, advice, entertainment, style and health &
fitness. Each top link sends the viewer
to articles on each topic. The website
is very busy but I think it is good for tweens since they need things to catch
their attention. Navigating the website
is very easy and finding an article on what you are looking for is quite
simple. The website says that it is
appropriate for girls ten and up, but I feel that some of the topics are a little
old for younger tweens. I would suggest
that parents wait until their tweens have hit junior high before introducing
them to this website.
Genre: Website
Interest Level: ages 10 to 15
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