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We have a great warm and friendly community on our page and website, but sadly from time to time, people post comments that are rude, mean spirited, unhelpful and unsupportive. Comments which are designed to hurt don’t help anyone. Until now we’ve been able to live without ‘A Code’ but it now seems we need one. We are all mums just together trying to make our way. Just because another mum does something a different way it doesn’t necessarily mean she is wrong – maybe she is just following a different path. We love when you join in on our discussions, BUT there are some rules which we need you to stick by:
• Be kind, thoughtful and considerate in your answers. You are allowed to have a different opinion than everybody else, but you must consider the feelings of others, before you decide to tell people why you think your way is best.
• Everyone else is entitled to their own opinion too. And just because somebody says something that you disagree with, it doesn’t mean you have to take them to task over it. There are two sides to every story, AND to every argument.
• Don’t start an argument. If somebody has said something you disagree with, think before you reply. Read what you are about to say before you post it, and ask yourself if you would be hurt or annoyed if somebody said it to you or to your friend. Don’t post it if it might be hurtful.
• There is always a kind way of saying something to get your point across.
• Don’t post inflammatory remarks that will annoy, hurt or insult others.
• Don’t react to a post that you believe to be inflammatory, hurtful or insulting. Simply ignore it.
• If a question posted is something you feel you can help with, please post your advice. Or if you feel you have had a similar experience, or worry, please do get involved – that’s very important to other mums. However, if you cannot offer helpful, supportive and kind advice or opinions, you are not welcome to get involved. Our mums are looking for support and advice, not judgement.
• When you disagree with something, you are free to say so in a diplomatic manner and suggesting why you have such an opinion. There is ALWAYS a diplomatic way to say something.
• Bad language have been flagged as spam so your post won’t be visible to other browsers.
• MummyPages will not get involved in arguments and disputes – we are mums too and aren’t always online to take someone to task so please just follow the code so that we can help each other out in a kind and respectful manner.
• We reserve the right to delete threads and/or to ban people straight away if they don’t abide by this code. The MummyPages community is here for everyone to enjoy and to get involved in, but, if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all and hit ‘unlike’ instead. There are many negative pages on Facebook where hurtful comments seem to be welcome. They are NOT welcome in our sisterhood. When we take the time to act with compassion, respect, fairness and empathy, we can help another mum and lift her burden. Let’s live by our code. Love,
The MummyPages Team
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