Frequently Asked Questions

Is Parents Guild free?

Yes.

Why should I sign-up?

Signing up will let you add new questions and answers, and vote on those you think are really really good. You'll be able to follow threads you like, and set preferences for the kinds of topics that interest you.

Also, we can let you know when we add new features to the site. We will also be adding the ability to subscribe to newsletters and feeds.

How is Parents Guild different from other parenting sites?

Parents have been raising children for awhile now :) It's only recently that parents find themselves raising kids without their own parents around, and often without kids and parents to observe close-up. Springing to fill that void, quality parenting advice has become the exclusive province of doctors and corporate marketing departments (babycenter.com is owned by Johnson&Johnson, for example), but much of the advice is still based on one parent's experience or one parent's philosophy.

Parents Guild aims to give every parent who has learned something, every parent who has researched something, an opportunity to share what they've discovered. Great answers can be voted up, and the best content should rise to the top.

With the advent of web2.0, it becomes possible to aggregate thousands, millions, of tips, perspectives, experiences and data points. We hope, with your help, to build an archive of parenting information that rivals Wikipedia and Amazon.

Parents Guild's primary focus is to be informational, not chatty or in-group-y (avoiding acronyms like "DH"); objective and data-driven, not biased by one parenting philosophy or another; accepting, not confrontational, condescending or dismissive, equally inviting to dads as well as moms, grandparents as well as parents, non-credentialed parents as well as recognized experts; useful, including both local and global information; fun, allowing parents to find community, get support, enjoy themselves, and feel they are contributing to a larger good.

How can I tell Parents Guild about a great parent I know?

We want to hear about the expert parents / parenting experts you think are great! If you know someone who you think would be perfect for our site, please let us know at content@parentsguild.com.

How can I help Parents Guild?

Thanks for asking! As one of our early users, your assistance is crucial to our success. One way you can help is to spread the word. Tell your friends and neighbors, your co-workers, your brothers, sisters, and cousins! Tell your kids and your parents too! Tell the postman, the neighbors, and the moms in the local moms group. Tell the president of the PTA and the next dad you see with a stroller. And email threads from the site to anyone and everyone.

The other thing you can do, more important even than the first, is asking and answering questions on the site, keeping a high bar for thoughtful (ideally, researched!) replies and courteous tone, and voting up those posts you think exemplify the best of Parents Guild. Great content will get picked up by search engines and will make looking for parenting info on the internet better for everyone.

We also really want and need your feedback. Please let us know how we can make the site better by sending us comments to feedback@parentsguild.com or clicking on the "feedback" tab to the left. It's very early days for us - and your comments are very important to us.

How do I advertise on Parents Guild?

If you or someone you know would like to advertise on parentsguild.com, please let us know. Send us an email at advertising@parentsguild.com. We will get back to you pronto!

Who are you? Why are you doing this?

We're a wife and husband team in Silicon Valley, California whose lives changed radically when our son was born in 2007 and our daughter in 2009. Like many of us, we were surprised by how phenomenally challenging parenting can be and how existing web searches and parenting sites left much to be desired. And like most of us, we found better info from our local mom's group and parenting distribution lists than we did online, but none of that great information is being archived for the web. We hope Parents Guild will change that.