My house is filled with dirty magazines. No, not those kinds. I mean, Smithsonian, Time, National Geographic, Discovery For Kids, and Real Simple. The kids grab hold of them as soon as they arrive in the mail, and the next thing I know there are dirty, ripped-up magazines on the floor, behind the couch, on the stairs. And sometimes they actually read them. One time I caught my son engrossed in a Time article about health-care reform. I asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?" He answered, "Sort of." I've long been disappointed by the magazines that are specifically geared toward kids. Highlights was good when they were younger, but for pre-teens Discovery For Kids seems to be the best of a very small bunch/Idaho Dad, A Family Runs Through It. More here.

Question: Which magazines did you read as a kid?