Explore a wide array of parent magazines and resources, from pregnancy and infancy guides to journals focused on raising children through every stage. Our directory of parenting pdf magazines provides insightful advice covering general family life, specific lifestyle contexts, and specialized issues like adoption, fostering, and twins.
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General and Early Stage Parent Magazines Free
This group features general parenting mag titles that cover the stages of pregnancy, birth, and early childhood. They provide essential, well-researched information for both parents and parents-to-be, including topics like toddlers, early childhood, and broader family life.
Family Times
Family Times Website
Syracuse, NY: Family Times
“We are an award-winning magazine with staff-written news, feature stories and artwork that inform and inspire Central New York parents and their children.” – Publisher.
Maternity & Infant
Maternity & Infant Website
Issues 2014 – 2017
Dublin, Ireland: Ashville Media Group
“Ireland’s finest pregnancy and parenting magazine.” – Publisher. There are two issues from 2018 at the website link.
Parents
Parents Website
Unknown
This site does not have a magazine. Instead, it publishes online short articles that give advice to parents that covers specific issues.
Today’s Parent
Today’s Parent Website
Unknown
This site does not have a magazine. Instead, it publishes free articles online.
The Informed Parent
The Informed Parent Website
Long Beach, CA.:Pediatric Medical Center
This website hosted by a pediatric center is designed to answer common questions about children’s health.
Healthy Children
Healthy Children Website
2020- Present
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) promotes pediatrics and advances child health priorities in a variety of ways including developing policy, conducting research, lobbying Congress, building coalitions, raising public awareness, funding community-based projects, and supporting training and professional education.
Lifestyle and Specific Focus Free Parent Magazines PDF
This collection of parent magazines (mostly at websites) focuses on specific lifestyle contexts, such as career mothers, or specialized circumstances like adoption and fostering. These titles offer targeted advice for balancing work and family life or navigating unique parental journeys, making them valuable resources for specific needs within the broader parenting mag landscape.
Working Mother
Working Mother Magazine Website
1979-2008
U.S.
“The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.” – Working Mother Magazine back issues.
Exceptional Parent
Exceptional Parent Website
2015-Present
New Jersey: Exceptional Parent Media
Sharing information as tools for positive change in the Special Needs community.
Adoptive Families
Adoptive Families Website
2010-2019
New York: New Hope Media
“The How-to-Adopt and Adoption Parenting Network”. The website contains numerous free articles. The magazine ceased publication in 2019.
Fostering Families Today
Fostering Families Today Website
Articles
Unknown
The organization’s magazine is on the website, but is not free. There is also a variety of other resources, free and not free, available on the site.
Gay Parent Magazine
Gay Parent Magazine Website
Unknown
Only the latest issue of the magazine is free, at the website. The site also has other resources.
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