Please take careful note of the following important guidelines before posting in the forum:

1. Only registered members of Parents for Health may post to the forum.
2. The forum is intended for the discussion of topics relating to children's health issues only. Any posts that do not relate to these issues are liable to be removed by the moderator.
3. The forum may not be used for commercial purposes. Any posts that are intended for commercial gain or publicity are liable to be removed by the moderator.
4. By posting to the forum you are agreeing to the forum rules and guidelines.
5. Do your best to post well constructed thoughts using correct grammar and careful spelling.
6. Always post with respect for others.
7. This forum is intended for family use. Please refrain from using any vulgar language that would offend someone else. Inappropriate words will be edited.
8. Do not "spam". Spam includes indiscriminately sent unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate messages.
9. "Flaming" is strongly frowned upon in this forum. Do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member. Debates are fine, but argue with the point, not the person.
10. “Trolling” is also strongly frowned upon. Please do not come to this forum with the purpose of starting a dispute. If you disagree with someone, do so politely and keep an open mind about ensuing responses.
11. Respect other member’s privacy. Do not disclose any other member’s email, real name, address, phone number, or other personal information.
12. Please refrain for SHOUTING – excessive use of caps, large fonts.
13. Stay on the topic for the particular thread that you are contributing to. If you wish to post about an issue that is not related to the topic, start a new topic thread.
14. Don't forget to have fun!

User Access Policy
The forum moderator may disallow access to any member who does not follow the guidelines.

Content Policy
Our general policy is for the content in the forums to be as open and un-moderated as possible, provided that posts stay within the forum guidelines. However the forum moderator may edit or delete posts at their discretion

Usage Agreement
By posting to this forum you are agreeing to the following rules. If you do not agree with these rules you should log out of the forum system immediately.

1. You agree not to use this forum to post any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws. You also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of this forum.
2. Although messages posted are not the responsibility of this forum and we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. If you find any posts to be objectionable, please contact the forum moderator by e-mail (parentsforhealth@ontario.cancer.ca).

By using this forum system you acknowledge that you meet the above criteria and agree to abide by all of the above rules, guidelines and policies.