Our Policies

Advertising Policy

Updated June 15, 2016

To help us maintain the resources needed to create the quality content you deserve, we accept advertisements on our website. We greatly value transparency and hope that this policy leaves you feeling even more confident about the content and service we provide.

Parents accepts advertising on all of its sites but maintains a strict and clear separation between advertising and editorial content. Please see our Advertising Policy for full details on how advertisements and sponsored content are distinguished on our pages and the guidelines to which they must adhere.

Special attention is paid to featuring advertising in a way that will not interfere with your reading experience. This relates to both page design and the number of ads we choose to feature on a page.

Parents maintains a distinct separation between advertising and editorial content.

• All advertising or sponsored content on Parents is clearly and unambiguously distinguished from editorial content through borders or other distinguishing elements and/or identified as an "Ad," "Advertisement," "Sponsored" or a similar designation indicating that the content is being provided by or on behalf of the sponsor.
• All ads on Parents are labeled as an "Ad," "Advertisement," "Sponsored" or a similar designation indicating that the content is being provided by or on behalf of the sponsor.
• All "native" ads or paid content are identified as an "Ad," "Advertisement," "Sponsored" or a similar designation indicating that the content is being provided by or on behalf of the sponsor.
• Editorial content on the Parents site is not influenced by advertisements unless the content is sponsored content, in which case, the content will be clearly demarcated and identified with the title "Ad," "Advertisement," or "Sponsored", or a similar designation, indicating that the content is being provided by or on behalf of an advertiser or sponsor.
• All advertisements and sponsored content appearing on Parents are subject to the Guidelines found here.
  

Privacy Policy

We take online privacy seriously and we respect the concerns of our community of users. We may collect information, including personal data, directly from you if you choose to provide that information. When you access the Site, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information about your visit using tools such as cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies. We may use the information gathered on Parents for various purposes, including responding to an email inquiry, and to serve advertising content and offers to you based on your interests and online activities.

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Terms of Use

Parents and its affiliated sites (collectively, the "Site") are Dotdash Meredith brands, owned and operated by About, Inc. and its affiliates ("Parents," the "Company," "we," or "us"). Access to and use of the Site is subject to terms and conditions of use ("Terms of Use").

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Contact Us

We are owned and operated by Dotdash Meredith, located at 28 Liberty St, New York, NY 10005.

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