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| Signing In |
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| Viewing Topics |
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| Viewing Member Profiles |
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| Managing Your Account |
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| Writing And Reading Reviews |
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| Submitting And Viewing Topics |
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| About ParentSays |
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How do I become a member?
Click here to sign up. (back to top)
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What are the benefits of membership?
While anyone can browse the site, members enjoy the following additional benefits:
- Write Reviews - Have your say about the best
and worst things for kids.
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- See Full Reviews - See reviews in their
entirety as written by parents.
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- View Full Member Profiles - Get to know who's behind the reviews.
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- Earn Brownie Points™ - Compete with other members to be recognized parenting leaders.
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- Rate Reviews By Other Members - Help determine the most helpful reviews at ParentSays.
See More.
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And last but not least, we think ParentSays is a fun way to do
all this. (back to top)
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What do I do if I forget my login information?
Click here to request a new password. (back to top)
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Why can't I sign in even though I know my login information is correct?
The password for signing in is case sensitive so check that
your caps lock is not on and that you have capitalized your password
correctly. (back to top)
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What are Enhanced Profiles?
Enhanced Profiles let you quickly learn more about a topic without having to
leave the ParentSays site.
They can consist of one or more of the following:
- A short business description
- A bullet list of features
- A special offer for ParentSays users
Any content in an Enhanced Profile is provided by the business itself.
ParentSays does not verify or endorse any of the statements made in these profiles.
Please treat the information in Enhanced Profiles as you would any information provided by
a business about itself. (back to top)
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How do I view a member's profile?
Just click on a member's hyperlinked nickname. These links appear on any page that
displays a topic or a review. (back to top)
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Why can't I see a member's complete profile?
You must be a registered member to view full member profiles. If you are
already a member, you must first sign in. (back to top)
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How do I change my member profile?
You can change your profile using the Manage Account module on your Member Home
page. To get there, you must first sign in. When you are signed in,
the Member Home link appears in the upper right corner of the page. Once you are
at your Member Home page, the Manage Account module appears on the left. Use the
links in the module to update your personal profile, change your email, change
your password, change your nickname or update your children's profile. (back to top)
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How do I subscribe/unsubscribe from the ParentSays newsletter?
Use the directions in the answer above to navigate to your Member Home page. Next,
click on the Change Email link in the Manage Account module on the left. If you only want to change your newsletter setting, just enter your existing email in the
new email field, then change your newsletter setting by checking or
unchecking the newsletter box. (back to top)
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How do I delete my member account?
Send an email to Member Services
with your member nickname and email address and we will delete your account along
with any reviews you have written. (back to top)
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Why should I write a review?
Writing a review may take you a few minutes but your review will help many other
parents save countless hours and dollars, and ultimately make better decisions
for their kids. For your contributions, we reward you with Brownie Points™.
Click here to learn more about the Brownie Points Program. (back to top)
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How do I write a review?
Just navigate to the topic page you're interested in. You'll see a Write A Review
button on the right side of the screen. (back to top)
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Why is my review form reset after I leave the form and return using my browser's back button?
This is a function of your browser and cannot be controlled by ParentSays. If you
need to refer to another page while writing a review, we recommend you open another
browser window. (back to top)
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Why can't I see the full content of a review?
You must be a registered member to view reviews in full. If you are already
a member, you must first sign in. (back to top)
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How do I edit a review I've already written?
First sign in. Then simply navigate to the topic of the review or to the review
itself. If you are the review's author, you will see a Change My Review button on
right side of the screen. (back to top)
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How do I delete a review I've written?
We currently do not allow members to delete reviews on their own. If you wish to
delete a review you've written, please send an email to Member Services
with your member nickname, email address and the title of the review. We will then
delete it for you. (back to top)
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Why can't I rate the helpfulness of a review even though I am signed in?
You can only rate the same review once. And you cannot rate your own review. If
you do not see a Rate It link on a review page, you have either rated it already
or you are the review's author. To prevent the manipulation of helpfulness
ratings, you cannot change a rating you have already submitted. (back to top)
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Why should I submit a new topic?
Have you ever learned something new just by talking to someone new? Of course you
have because new people introduce new sets of experiences. But rather than rely
on chance to meet new parents, a key benefit of ParentSays is
that all the knowledge within each member can be captured and shared easily among
all members. By taking just a minute to submit a new topic to us, you can share
it with all ParentSays members and non-members. And you will benefit from others
doing the same. For your contributions, we reward you with Brownie Points™.
Click here to learn more about the Brownie Points Program. (back to top)
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How do I submit a new topic?
Click here to submit a new topic. You must be
signed in to view this page. (back to top)
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Why don't you provide more detailed information on each topic?
There are many ways to provide you with information about what to do and buy for
kids. ParentSays has chosen a highly valuable yet different approach in
the form of member reviews. By doing so, we provide hard-to-find insider views from actual
users. In the future, we may add more basic information on each topic as a
convenience to users, but for now, we rely on the review contents to convey the
key information. (back to top)
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When did ParentSays start?
ParentSays was launched in February 2003. (back to top)
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Who started ParentSays?
ParentSays was started by longtime friends Big Daddy
and Stark. You can read our
profiles by clicking on our hyperlinked nicknames. (back to top)
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Why did we create ParentSays?
We started ParentSays because as new parents, it was hard to find out what activities to do
with our children, what day care to use, where to get pictures taken, etc.
We collected this information as everyone before us had--slowly over time by
talking with lots of other parents. But we realized that an online community
could uniquely capture all this experience for everyone's benefit. So we set out
to create ParentSays. (back to top)
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What age ranges of children do you cover?
We currently cover topics for children ages 0-5. As you know, the first
five years are the most important years for a child's development. They are also
the years when new parents have the most questions about what to do for them. (back to top)
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What cities do you cover?
We currently cover all cities within the San Francisco Bay Area. This includes the city itself,
the Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay and North Bay. In the future, we hope to expand
beyond our hometown into other cities as well.
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