# Before You're 13 vs Mailbox Melodies

> Side-by-side comparison of two snail mail subscription clubs.

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## Quick Comparison

| Feature | Before You're 13 | Mailbox Melodies |
|---------|------------------|------------------|
| **Price** | 	$7\.99/month | $19/mo |
| **Frequency** | Monthly | Monthly \(ships on the 15th\) |
| **Ships** | US only | US only |
| **Rating** | N/A | N/A |

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## Before You're 13
*Monthly letters helping ages 10–12 build confidence, learn life skills, and make better choices\.*

![Before You're 13](https://storage.googleapis.com/letter-clubs.firebasestorage.app/club-images/before-you-re-13-y7edW5w1/1793540266629-before-you-re-13_-life-skill-letter-landscape.png)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Price** | 	$7\.99/month — Annual plans available |
| **Frequency** | Monthly |
| **Ships** | US only |
| **Country** | US |

Before You're 13 delivers personalized monthly life-skills letters for kids ages 10–12. Written by Jordan, a trusted older-friend voice, each letter shares a relatable story, practical guidance, a monthly mission, and a card to keep. Topics include confidence, friendships, kindness, money skills, and making thoughtful choices.

The years before 13 are full of changes. Give your child a little guidance along the way.

Before You're 13 is a monthly letter subscription created for children ages 10–12. Each personalized letter comes from Jordan, a friendly older-guide voice who shares relatable stories and practical lessons to help kids navigate growing up.

Through everyday situations, children explore friendships, confidence, kindness, money, responsibility, and making good choices.

What arrives each month?
- A personalized letter addressed to your child
- A relatable story with a practical life lesson
- A monthly mission that encourages real-world action
- A special card to keep as a reminder of what they've learned

No craft projects or toys. Just meaningful letters that encourage children to think, grow, and practice important life skills.

One monthly letter. One life skill. And another opportunity for a conversation at home.

Available as a monthly subscription, annual subscription, or 12-month gift.

Learn more at BeforeYoure13.com.

**Tags:** `kids`, `United States`

**Social:** [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/beforeyoure13/)

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## Mailbox Melodies
*An original music class in the mailbox every month, for ages 0 to 6\+*

![Mailbox Melodies](https://storage.googleapis.com/letter-clubs.firebasestorage.app/submissions/1790629810404-w8kkfi6hqyh_45ea6854.jpg)

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Price** | $19/mo |
| **Frequency** | Monthly \(ships on the 15th\) |
| **Ships** | US only |
| **Country** | US |

On the 15th of every month, Ms. Chelsea mails a decorated, themed envelope addressed to your child by name: an original music-class experience on CD plus digital download, an illustrated song booklet, stickers and a surprise craft. Calm, slow-paced songs built for early brain development, for ages 0 to 6+.

Mailbox Melodies is made for developing minds. Every track is an original, written and recorded by Ms. Chelsea in the same calm, slow-paced style she uses in her in-person music classes, built around emotional regulation and early brain development rather than volume and speed. The running order of each volume is deliberate: warm-up, movement, skill-building, calm-down, lullaby. No shuffle, no autoplay, no screens.

What arrives each month:
- A decorated, themed envelope addressed to your child by name, not a mailing label
- An original music-class experience on CD, plus a digital download that plays on a phone, a Yoto or a Toniebox
- Fourteen tracks a volume: sing-a-longs, mindfulness, movement, music skill building and lullabies
- An illustrated song booklet paired to the CD, with the lyrics and what each song is teaching
- Monthly extras: crafts, art, stickers and other surprises
- Automatic entry into the monthly Golden Ticket giveaway

Kids can write back. Replies go to the return address on the letters, Ms. Chelsea reads them, and drawings from subscribers sometimes turn up in later volumes. A portion of every subscription goes to school supplies for children in need.

Who makes it: Ms. Chelsea is an early childhood music educator, preschool teacher and mother of two, classically trained in voice with more than thirty years of stage experience, including performing professionally for Disneyland and SeaWorld. Families who couldn't get to her in-person classes at Grape Jammers in Napa, California kept asking how to have the same thing at home. Mailbox Melodies is her answer.

Pricing: $19 a month, no commitment, shipping included. Multi-month packs: 3 months $57, 6 months $109, 12 months $199. Ages 0 to 6+.

**Tags:** `kids`, `US`

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