x-post: Destinos or Mi Vida Loca? What are the differences?

[lisabees]

I am trying to figure out which to use with my 7th grader. Is one better, for a beginner, than the other? What are the differences, other than Mi Vida Loca using European Spanish?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/

http://www.learner.org/resources/series75.html

Thanks!