Welcome to Full Time Moms Forum!We are a message board for women who enjoy discussions about fertility and pregnancy, our children, parenting, current events and related topics. Whether you are trying to conceive or adopt, pregnant, a working mom or a stay at home mom, you'll find useful information, support and fun conversation here.
MembershipIt is free to join and participate in this forum, and we welcome new members.
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admin@fulltimemoms.orgWe know that people will have to leave our community (of their own free will or otherwise) from time to time and to that end, we do not delete accounts, posts, or other content posted on our community. All content is granted to us with perpetual electronic publishing rights because any content posted on this community becomes a part of the community, even if you no longer are. You may request an item to be removed at any time, but we will decide when and if to remove content from our community. If you wish to no longer be identified with our community, we will be glad to close your account and alter your profile information to remove all identifying characteristics. After account closure, you will no longer be able to participate in this community and this action is not reversible.
Following are some guidelines we ask all members to follow:
Respect othersMembers and guests on this board come from a variety of backgrounds,religions, races, sexual preferences and lifestyle choices. It is absolutely essential that your posts are respectful of others. That doesn't mean you can't have a lively debate. You can certainly have an open discussion about politics, religion, and other topics. It does mean that you should think before you post, and ask yourself if what you are saying could be considered hurtful to anyone who might be reading it.
PostingWe encourage positive parenting and believe the best way to teach children trust and respect is by example. With that in mind, we ask that practices such as CIO (cry-it-out), sleep training and strict scheduling, corporal punishment and shaming not be recommended here. Posts encouraging such practices will be removed without notice.
We also seek to create an environment that supports successful breastfeeding. We want mothers to be able seek accurate breastfeeding advice without being encouraged to give up on their worst day. With that said, we understand that for various reasons breastfeeding is not an option for all mothers. Many of the mothers here, including those on staff, formula feed or combo feed. Some mothers send bottles of expressed milk to daycare for our children. Breastfeeding, bottle feeding and formula feeding are all value-neutral, judgment-free topics here.
In keeping with our desire to support successful breastfeeding, we do not allow recommendations or offers of infant formula here, because we have no desire to give the formula companies free advertising.
Please post your thread in the forum most relevant to the main subject. General Discussion is very active, and we want to be sure that your on-topic questions get the attention they deserve. Also, by posting to the topic-specific forum you are helping create a useful archive of easy-to-find information for new members.
Don't cross post - that is, post the same topic in more than one forum, or post in one forum directing others to read another forum. This pushes other people's posts down unnecessarily. Duplicate posts will be merged or deleted. The exception is moderators running a special event in their forum, and they will have specific clearance from an administrator before posting about their event.
Please be considerate of your fellow posters by trying to make your words clear and break up your posts into paragraphs where appropriate.
We provide a shoutbox for members to use for quick shout-outs to one another, but encourage members to use forum posts for the majority of conversations.
SupportFull Time Moms is a place for members to come for support in all aspects of life. Please keep this in mind when you respond to another members thread. Sometimes just offering a
can help another member feel better about their situation. We have come to form open and honest relationships between all our members (new and old), so if you post expecting support, keep in mind that you may receive advice that you may not like.
Please remember that "it's not all about you" when responding to another member's thread. It is perfectly acceptable to offer an anecdote that is related to other member's post, but please do not "hijack" their thread. Instead, please start another thread in the appropriate forum.
Copyright Material
Please keep "fair use" in mind when quoting articles here.
Wikipedia explanation of fair use When directing others to read an article, use a link and a small (maybe a few sentences) quote if you want to provide a "teaser". Don't copy and paste the whole article or substantial portions of any referenced work. Make sure that if you do quote, you indicate it as such. You can do that by using quote marks or by highlighting the text and clicking the little quote icon on the formatting bar. Or you can use BB code and type [ quote ] at the beginning and [ / quote ] at the end, minus the spaces.
If you're still fuzzy on copyright guidelines, this article has a great explanation about some myths surrounding copyright law:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.htmlCopyright law also applies to photos and videos, unless the item has a link there specifically for sharing (such as photobucket, youtube or icanhascheezburger). Posting other people's pictures using their link by rightclicking and grabbing the photo location (called "hotlinking") is considered bandwidth theft - and other people's photographs are considered copyright. It also applies to poems and essays that are marked as "author unknown". It's still somebody else's work. Tweets, facebook posts, email exchanges with other people, etc. are copyright protected as well.
Posts that violate these guidelines will be removed. If you are in doubt as to whether something is OK, please contact a staff member BEFORE posting it.
AdvertisingSpam is not tolerated on this board. Our moderators will remove spam posts as soon as they are seen. We ban spammers on first offense and report their information to anti-spam databases. Social marketing - joining a forum for the sole purpose of conversationally promoting a product or your own blog - is considered spam as well and those posts are subject to removal and reporting as well. We love reading each other's blogs and think it's a great way to get to know each other further, but we need to know you're here for the conversation, not self-promotion.
Members with more that 100 posts are welcome to post items for sale, links to home based businesses, etc. on an occasional basis, or include a link to such items in their signature. Members are also welcome to offer freebies, coupons, etc. to other members with the exception of formula samples, checks or coupons. Any formula offers will be deleted in keeping with our desire to support successful breastfeeding. Other baby-related items such as diaper coupons, bottles, etc. are allowed.
Please use your common sense and discretion when contacting others about offers posted on the board. Full Time Moms and the board staff are not responsible for the success or failure of transactions entered into by board members.
Contact UsIf you have any questions about board policy or why a thread was removed, please contact an admin or moderator via PM rather than posting about it. You can do this by clicking on their name and clicking on "Send this member a personal message" at the bottom of the page.
Freedom of speech rights do not extend to privately owned websites, such as this one. These guidelines detail the types of behavior and activities that are allowed here.
Whenever you are participating in this community, please keep in mind that we strive to create a fun, friendly and inviting atmosphere.
So, please have fun and enjoy your time on Full Time Moms!
