Announcements

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1. No advertising.
No posting or PMing to advertise products, services, other websites, affiliate or referral links. Do not advertise in your sig. You can put a url in the Home Page field of your profile.

2. Do not post content that would be inappropriate for minors.
If the authorities would call it illegal, it's not allowed here. No nude or sexually explicit images. Adult conversations and graphic descriptions of sex acts have their place on another forum.

3. No trolling. No personal attacks.
"I disagree with you and/or what you do. I would do..." = NOT a Personal Attack.
"You're a terrible awful really bad person for...!" = Personal Attack
Speak to people the way you would want to be spoken to.
Posting threads in a lame attempt to rile up the parents does not make you internet cool.

4. No crossposting.
Please don't post the same thing in more than one subforum.

5. Don't bump dead threads.
Do not reply to threads that are over 30 days from the last post.
It pushes out current threads where people currently want your advice and support. People aren't still looking for your advice 6 months later. Honest.

6. Credit where credit is due.
If you are posting something you have not personally written or created, link us to where you got it.

7. Give and Take
Nobody likes the guy who shows up just to ask the question and never post again.
Likewise, this isn't your blog. Don't post just to tell everybody else what they need to do.
A forum is a community. Conversations are better when they're not one sided.

8. Use the report and ignore buttons.
Is there someone causing a problem? Let the mods know by using the report button.
Someone isn't breaking any rules but is driving you so crazy you can't hold your tongue? Stick them on your ignore list before you're the one in trouble.

9. Respect your mods.
Don't insult or antagonize the moderation team. They volunteer their time to make this a great place. If you disagree with a moderation decision, you may send a respectful private message or email to one or all the moderators expressing your concerns.
Do NOT write to the mods saying "Well YOU should do X so that I don't have to read and follow the rules! Your infraction hurts my feelings!" You're a grown up, you can follow the rules. If you were naughty own up, move on, and do better next time.

10. Stay on topic.
This is a parenting forum. Stay relevant. If you're not interested in talking about parenting, there are lots of other forums out there for you to pick from.
The owners of this forum have a variety of forums to compliment ParentingForums.org. Those forums have their own set of guidelines and some of them allow a far greater latitude in what is considered acceptable than what is permitted here. If you feel a need at times to express yourself in ways outside of this forum's guidelines, check out one of Crowdgather's other forums.


Thanks to fallon for starting the original rules thread!