Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome. You may be using this website to find information about parenting, including expert guidance and the experiences of other parents.

These terms and conditions of use form an agreement between you and Parents Inc, whether you are sending us a message via the feedback forms or simply browsing the website. They will inform you about your rights and obligations in using this website.

The terms and conditions of use may change from time to time, so you may want to re-visit every so often. Note that we are not required by law to contact you to inform you of changes. You may contact us if you have any questions about these terms and conditions of use.

Disclaimer

This website and the information it contains is not intended to substitute for professional consultation with a qualified practitioner.

Before relying on any information you find on parentsinc.org, use common sense, make your own enquiries and seek professional opinion.

Material in this publication is made available on the understanding that Parents Inc is not providing individualized professional advice. Before relying on any of the material in this site, readers should obtain appropriate professional advice. Views and recommendations of third parties, which are also included in this site, do not necessarily reflect the views of Parents Inc, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.

We do not accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any material contained in this site. Additionally, Parents Inc disclaims all liability to any person relying wholly or partially upon any information presented in this site in respect of anything, and the consequences of anything, done or omitted to be done.

You indemnify Parents Inc against each claim, action, proceeding, judgment, damage, loss, expense or liability incurred or suffered by, or brought, made or recovered against us with any breach by you of these terms of use.

The information provided in this website is intended for an international audience.

If you use another site linked from this site:

  1. you do so at your own risk and acknowledge that we do not control or endorse those websites or their content;
  2. you will no longer be subject to the terms and conditions of this site but may be subject to the terms and conditions of the linked site.

Parents Inc endeavors to provide information sourced from reliable research based on peer reviewed journals, recognized texts, or government publications and therapeutic approaches with demonstrated efficacy. The content on this site is periodically updated and reviewed for quality assurance. The authors reserve the right to modify the content of the website at any time.

Personal Information and Your Privacy

Parents Inc has a privacy policy that explains how we will treat your personal information. You supply ‘personal information’ to us when you fill in an online registration form, subscribe, complete a survey or poll, provide feedback on our content, submit parenting tips or email us.

The personal information we collect is used to manage your subscriptions, contact you about your feedback, and keep in touch with you. When you register you give us a licence to deal with the postings as necessary to perform these technical and administrative functions.

We will never give your personal information to any company or individual for commercial purposes.

Complaints

Your rights are taken seriously by our team. If you think your rights have been breached, or if you have a complaint about the parentsinc.org website, contact us so that we can investigate the issue and make sure it is resolved. Please write to us explaining what you are concerned about and what steps, if any, you have taken to resolve the issue.

Parents Inc Reserves Rights

Your message may be used by Parents Inc. In consideration for permitting you to access and use the information on this website, posting on a parentsinc.org message board gives us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to reproduce, communicate, re-publish, edit, adapt or otherwise use your postings as we see fit, including the right to sublicense to others at our discretion.

You also give us a licence to deal with the postings as necessary to perform technical, content and administrative functions in running the forums.  This includes any ‘moral rights’ you may have, therefore you consent to editing, modifying or adapting your postings, or combining them with other works or postings to be used at our discretion as part of these above licenses whether or not you are attributed as the author of the postings.

From time to time we may want to highlight a parent story or experience and may publish your message elsewhere. In this case, we may attribute authorship with permission, and generally would do so, but we are not obliged to. We will protect your privacy by ensuring that you are not personally identifiable from your posting, unless we obtain your prior written approval. For more information see our privacy policy.

Copyright and Acknowledgements

Parents Inc reserves all intellectual property rights, including copyright and trade marks in the parentsinc.org website. Parents Inc owns or has licensed from third parties the intellectual property used in this website. You may print single copies of any pages of this website for your own personal and non-commercial use but must not otherwise reproduce any material on this website in any form without permission.

Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be raised by contacting us.

Last updated or reviewed: 04-04-2021