Please read the following Terms & Conditions carefully, before registering and/or signing up to one of our memberships. By registering and utilising this site in any way you are agreeing to these Terms & Conditions and we don’t accept “I didn’t know” as an answer to anything.
Any breach of any of these Terms & Conditions may result in removal of your posts and updates, deletion of your account and/or temporary or permanent banning of your access to this website.
Parts of this site, including articles, groups, forums and member updates may contain profanity. It is not intended to be offensive. If you are offended, please feel free not to visit this site.
A few terms of reference & definitions:
The terms “we”, “us”, “the Club”, “Real Mums” or “real mums”, “Bad Mother’s Club” and “Real Mother’s Club” refer to Real Mums Pty Ltd, a limited liability company set up to provide an online community whereby its subcribers and members can discuss openly and honestly, and anonumously if desired, issues such as parenting, schools, relationships, health, food and recipes and other. It is also designed to provide entertaining reading, information and advice on issues such as, but not limted to, parenting, relationships, raising children and self-development.
The terms “you”, “user”, “subscriber” and “member” refer to any individual who has registered with this website, either as a free (non-paying) subscriber or financial (paying) member; whereby you have also provided us with contact and personal information, of your own free will, as per our terms of use. The term “visitor” refers to any individual or entity visiting, viewing or reading parts of this site without subscribing.
Terms “site”, “this site” and “the site” all refer to this site you are currently viewing (Bad Mother’s Club, aka Real Mothe’rs Club)
The term “community” refers to the pages relating to and including any and all forms of discussion, connection, and status updates, including but not limited to; member profiles, members, friendships, groups, forums, updates, live chat and activity.
“Subscriber” refers to a person who has registered limited details with this site, with the intention of participating in the online community, without having paid any form of subscription or membership fee.
“Member” refers to any individual who has regsitered with this site, with theintention of participating in the online community and has contributed financially via registering and paying a membership subscription fee at any level of membership offered by this site.
These Terms & Conditions are reviewed from time to time as the Site grows and develops. We reserve the right to edit and alter these Terms & Conditions at any time without notification. It is your responsibility to read and follow the Terms & Conditions of the Site.
If you do not agree to any of these Terms & Conditions, please do not register or utilise the Real Mums Retell Therapy Forums in any way. In fact, feel free to bugger off and join somewhere else.
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Disclaimer | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Disclaimer
The information that appears on this website is provided for entertainment and general information purposes only.
Whilst we take great care in ensuring that such information is accurate, it is not given with any warranty (express or implied) and this website and Real Mums Pty Ltd cannot and will not be held liable for mistakes, errors or omissions of any kind, or for any loss or damage relating to a subscriber or member’s reliance on this information.
Content, including but not limited to articles, group content, forum posts, status and other updates, teleseminars, podcasts, videos, e-books and downloads are provided by contributors other than the owners and administrators of this website. Whilst we monitor this content, it does not in any way reflect the views or beliefs of Real Mums Pty Ltd or its owners or administrators.
Questions submitted in groups or forums, or to our experts and other contributors are done so at your own will and can only be answered based on the information provided by you. These responses do not reflect the views of Real Mums Pty Ltd and the responses may be generalised. We cannot and will not be held responsible for any action you choose to, or choose not to, partake in as a result of these responses.
Content, including personal stories, tips, articles and other content submitted by visitors, other subscribers and/or members and readers do not, in any way, reflect the views and beliefs of Real Mums Pty Ltd.
Whilst the Club and its community are a great place to discuss your child’s behaviour and development with others, and any concerns you may have about yourself, family or friends, please keep in mind that we are not here – nor are we qualified – to provide a medical diagnosis, whether it be physical, emotional, psychological or other. We also ask that you do not offer any.
We are here to discuss concerns, provide support and hopefully empower other Mums. We do understand that sometimes you need to run these things by someone who’s not a trained professional, but for diagnosis, go see someone who knows what they’re talking about.
Real Mums Pty Ltd, our administrators, moderators, affiliates and stakeholders cannot and will not be held responsible for any action you choose to take, or not to take, as a result of posts on these Forums. The views and opinions expressed by Users of these Forums are not necessarily those of the Company directors, our advertisers, administrators or moderators.
Community –including groups, forums, updates and activity
The community are of this website to provide a safe haven for mums to discuss day to day parenting, relationships, employment, business and all the other stuff a mum has to deal with.
It is intended to be a supportive, safe and non-judgemental place to “talk”, share experiences and ideas and connect with other mums.
Parts of this community, including group discussions, forums and member updates may contain profanity. It is not intended to be offensive and it is most welcomed on this site. If you are offended, you are under no obligation to participate in these threads or groups, or to befriend or interact with any member you don’t wish to.
However, any posts or updates seen to be flaming, defamatory, threatening or upsetting to other users (or other businesses, websites and/or forums/online communities) will be removed and the user may be barred. We reserve the right to remove posts that we consider to be of detriment to other users, or seen to be giving unsolicited advice. We take absolutely no responsibility for any advice you choose, or not, to follow.
Users breaching any of the site and community Terms & Conditions may also receive a warning and/or be banned either temporarily or permanently from part or the entire site. Loss of privileges, including access to certain groups, signatures, avatars, private messaging and other permissions may result.
We do encourage discussion and debate, however personal attacks, name calling, flaming and/or derogatory comments will not be tolerated. We do appreciate that debate often has grey areas, and our administrators and moderators will determine appropriateness of replies at their discretion. Their decision is final.
We also discourage irrelevant replies and comments to forum posts and updates. We appreciate and encourage discussion, not just posting for the sake of it. Irrelevant comments will be deleted and persistant postings by subscribers or memebrs may result in removal of privileges or temporary ban from the community.
Joining the community – either as a free subscriber or a paying member – offers public anonymity. Whilst members are required to provide correct and current name, address and contact information, this information is kept entirely private and confidential. All public information remains as anonymous as you make it (e.g. your username is displayed and viewable, your real name is not). Any subscriber and/or member believed or found to be:
- not who they claim to be;
- using false contact information, including email addresses;
- representing, whether consensually or not, any other person, or;
- posting false or misleading information about themselves
… will have their account deleted and be banned from the forums.
The Real Mums Admin Team, administrators and moderators reserve the right to:
- Delete and/or edit any posts, updates, groups and/or forums they deem unacceptable or in breach of the T&C
- Edit and/or remove links, images, banners and other graphics or text in signatures and/or avatars without warning
- Edit and/or remove links, images, banners and other graphics or text in posts, updates, groups and/or forums without warning
- Partially or fully ban or delete users at their discretion and without warning
The administrators and/or moderators decision is final and no discussion will be entered into.
Membership
We offer a free level of subscription to this site and community, as well as three levels of paid membership.
Whilst the content on this website is aimed at Australian Mums, and a majority of the subscribers and members of this site are based in Australia, free subscription is available to anyone who wishes to join.
We also accept Dads, however we cannot guarantee you will find the content or discussions fascinating or have much interest in being involved. Even our discussions about boobs don’t seem terribly appealing to Dads.
Membership Policies (Terms of Use)
Members are bound by all other terms and conditions on this site, plus a few more (because you get more)
- Membership is available to residents of Australia only and the postal address supplied must be a registered postal address
- Annual memberships are for a period of 12 calendar months from the date of membership confirmation, and monthly memberships are valid for a period of one calendar month, unless otherwise specified. When joining, you must provide us with the correct contact details, including postal address, e-mail address and phone numbers when and where requested
- It is your responsibility to keep contact details current all times
- Access to the member only groups and forums, shop discounts, web pages and community will not be available until full membership payment has been received and cleared – this is generally immediate when signing up online and via PayPal
- Access may take up to 24 hours to be approved and assigned
- Membership will not be confirmed until membership payment has been received and cleared
- Your exclusive Bad/Real Mother’s Club gift will be sent to you once your membership is confirmed*
- Offline payments (direct bank deposit and cheque/money order) must be made, in full within 7 days of joining or membership may be cancelled
- You will be sent a renewal reminder one month prior to your membership expiration (annual Memberships only)
- Online Memberships – both monthly and yearly – are automatically recurring unless otherwise cancelled by you, the Member
Business Names
** Business names as usernames are not permitted!
Please do not use business names, links and other details, including contact details, in posts, updates or signatures.
Links – the use of links in posts, updates, groups, forums and/or signatures is generally not permitted unless otherwise specified and/or without the express written consent of the administrators.
However, we know that sometimes they’re relevant. This can be a very fine line, so the following guidelines are implemented:
Links that are ok:
- Links to news and/or current affairs that are relevant or of interest to the community. They must be accompanied by attempts to create discussion (i.e. your thoughts, a question about what other subscribers and members may think etc)
- Fun stuff, like links to You Tube clips, comics, cartoons, funny articles or products
(See membership options for other allowable links)
Links that are NOT ok:
- Links to any other website that operates a business, including your own business and/or blog
- Other forums or community/social websites
- Articles pertaining to any medical, parenting or other information, particularly articles posted on other parenting websites. Articles from reputable sources (i.e. the Australian Medical Association, British Medical Journal etc) are ok
Basically, any links that promotes or encourages the purchase of any other product or service, whether or not that product or service is one you offer, or that of a friend, associate or stranger, is not permitted.
Posts, updates, signatures or other content that engages in this sort of behaviour and promotion will be deleted without warning.
If you are interested in including a link to your own business in your signature and specifically created groups and forums, please consider a Membership.
Private Messaging
Private messaging is a privilege that subscribers and members of this site have access to. It is a means to communicate with others in the community and friends you have made, in private.
Please respect this privilege and note that it is not to be used for:
- Soliciting business in any form, to promote or advertise any sales or any other business related information, or to recruit team members for other businesses
- Soliciting other subscribers or members to join any other forum/s or groups
- Threaten, condemn, interrogate or otherwise harass any other subscriber or member
- Making any negative or disparaging comments about Real Mums, the Bad/Real Mother’s Club, any part of this site, it’s owners, administrators, moderators or any other member
Privacy
When joining this site as a subscriber or member, you will be asked to provide certain, personal information. The amount of information requested will be determined by the level of membership, including free subscription, you register for.
It is a condition of this site, and membership, that you provide the minimum details requested of you for the subscription/membership level selected. This information will be used for purposes such as:
- keeping you updated about any changes, happenings or goings on the site;
- advising of any changes of terms, conditions or policies;
- sending “happy birthdays” and other fun stuff to make you feel special;
- letting you know of any upcoming events, new products, changes to products, discounts, sales and other special offers
You may unsubscribe from thist list at any time (but why would you? You’ll miss something really good!) however you must first have provided us with the required information.
By it’s nature, the software utilised to run this site allows you the option to receive any updates posted within groups, forums, and profiles, friend and group requests, friend and group acceptances, gifts and achievements. No other information is collected from you, and it is merely an option you can choose; receive updates or not.
Because your privacy is important to us:
- We will not to sell, give, share or otherwise provide subscriber and member information to any third party, unless express permission is given by the member
- General, non-identifying data may be used and/or provided for market research purposes, but members will not be able to be identified, nor will they receive any direct contact resulting from this data
- All information collected when you sign up for a membership is used to verify your identity, where required, and to send membership information, including but not limited to invitations to events, membership updates, renewals, new and existing products, special offers, feedback and surveys
- Information collected on the Membership form is not displayed anywhere, with the exception of your username, and can only be viewed by Admin
Exception:
We offer you the option of choosing to join in fun community activities, such a Random Acts of Kindness, Ornament and other Exchanges and Live Chat Callouuts initiated by non-administrative members.
To ensure your privacy is kept relatively safe, we extend this only to paying members of the Club. Your involvement in these activities means:
- some of your personal information, including name, address, phone number and birth date are given to other financial members of the Club;
- it is only given to those who also agree to participate in these activities;
- you may be contacted by other members, in line with the terms and conditions and terms of use of these activities and options;
- you may request removal from these activities at any time;
- you are bound by the privacy rules of this site (ie do not share this information with anyone else, even if asked politely, and you must respect the requests of other members not to be contacted)
It is up to you, however, to be mindful of what you do post on the community boards, and any information you provide publicly. So, please be careful and mindful of this. We will not be held responsible for any information you do post that threatens your privacy. If you would like something removed, please e-mail Admin and we will see to it as soon as we are able.
Your profile information, excluding full name and address details, may be viewed by all other registered subscribers and members.
We also ask that you, personally, adhere to these Privacy guidelines and follow the “What is said on the site, stays on the site” formality. Please respect the privacy of others.
Please note: The information you are posting on the website is published on the internet. Whilst we do what we can to ensure security and privacy, it is still the internet. Please be mindful of anything you are publishing. Also, friendships fostered within the site may spill over into real life. If you choose to share your info with any other member of this site of your own doing, then that’s up to you.
Copyright
All content and text on this website are protected by Australian and international copyright laws and may not be used, copied or distributed, in whole or in part, without the express written consent of Real Mums Pty Ltd and/or article authors.
Any and all use of any content, including but not limited to text, images, specific terms, forum posts and status updates must be attributed to this website, and must include either a link and/or url(webiste address) (the use of www.realmums.com.au, www.badmothersclub.com.au or www.realmothersclub.com.au are acceptable) or, preferably a direct link to the article, post, product or other as relevant.
We request you notify us of use of any of our content/content from this website immediately – after, of course, first having requested it’s use.
Please Contact Us to request use of articles, posts or other material on this webiste.
As not all content belongs to us, we may direct you to the author/creator of requested content, or request use on your behalf.
Real Mums, Bad Mother’s Club, “Retell Therapy” and our logos (including Horny Mum) are registered trademarks of Real Mums Pty Ltd and may not be used or displayed elsewhere without the express written consent of Real Mums Pty Ltd.
