BabyCentre Community Guidelines

In the BabyCentre Community, we believe in free and open discussion on a wide variety of parenting topics. However, we remove content when it poses a personal threat to our users or otherwise contributes to a hostile environment that stifles parent-to-parent support and can threaten the health of our broader community. We do not tolerate racism, discrimination, and medical misinformation. The BabyCentre Community is for support and collaboration, not confrontation.

IN THIS ARTICLE

• Our Philosophy: Every Parent Is Unique
• Safety First: Responsibility Starts With You
• The Rules: No Racism, Discrimination, Medical Misinformation & More

Our Philosophy: Every Parent Is Unique

BabyCentre welcomes all, no matter what stage of the parenting journey you are on. From deciding to try, to taking the test; from babies loved and lost and babies learning to crawl and walk, every member on BabyCentre has the right to share the story of their unique parenting journey.

Our community is a place of personal free expression, where we value an honest and supportive exchange of ideas and experiences. We encourage celebration of the journey of parenting through sharing of photos and group posts.

Safety First: Responsibility Starts With You

Please remember that everything you read in our community areas comes from other members. Because our community is so large, BabyCentre doesn't monitor or verify the information posted by our members. We rely on you to keep us informed of violations. The information posted on our groups, including advice and opinions related to medical matters, is the responsibility of the members who create the posts. Read about responsibilities and potential harm to you and your children arising from user posts.

The Rules: No Racism, Discrimination, Medical Misinformation & More

In order to keep this a place where differences in philosophies, beliefs, opinions, and parenting styles are welcomed, please help us by following these simple rules.

• Personal attacks are unacceptable.
• Racism and hate speech are not permitted.
• Do not transfer negative issues or posts from one post or group to another.
• Attacks on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity are not allowed.
• Medical misinformation can be dangerous and is not allowed.
• Do not deliberately disrupt the Community.
• Bullying or harassment will not be tolerated.
• Do not direct members to other parenting websites or groups away from BabyCentre.
• Illegal activity is not allowed on the site.
• No nudity - yours or someone else’s.
• Don’t solicit or reveal personal information or private content.
• No soliciting, advertising, or marketing, except in designated spaces (Parent Owned Businesses group or Local Groups).

Please Note: Our Terms of Use and Do's and Dont's for Users apply to all of your participation in all areas, public and private, on our website.

BabyCentre reserves the right to ban any member at any time for any reason, with or without warning. We have no obligation to delete content that you find personally objectionable or offensive. We reserve the right to remove any content we deem inappropriate for our site, with or without warning. We reserve the right to modify these rules with or without notice at any time.

By participating in our community you are agreeing to abide by the spirit and letter of our guidelines, and to submit to their interpretation and enforcement by our staff. BabyCentre staff will enforce our community guidelines.

Violations of these rules or of our Terms of Use may result in your membership being blocked or banned from participating in any or all areas of our community and/or your membership being closed and/or your content removed from our site.

Group owners may place supplemental rules within their group; those rules do not override the community guidelines and BabyCentre Staff will not enforce those supplemental rules.