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This group (L-AMP) exists to offer alternative, more loving, and family-centered parenting options, where everyone in your family experiences being treated like they matter. We provide a safe environment where you will be supported in your journey to find ways to parent that respects your child. (your child's body, emotions, intellect and spirit) with you thriving too!
It doesn't matter how mainstream or alternative you are, just that you are trying to follow your heart and live authentically to what feels right for your value system. If your looking for alternative ways, we'll help you, if you have some mainstream ways, we wont bash you. We are a gentle and respectful group of women doing the best we can and we honor that is true of you too!
This is a group to support your quest to be a more loving with your family, with your children, with your self and with each other. Also, some of us have areas of our lives that we wished we could have done it in an alternative way but for some reason or other, something conspired against that. Many of us know the loss surrounding issues of birthing or breastfeeding or parenting. We are a group to provide love and support to help you: get information, support, ideas and friendship.
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Group Guidelines/Participation Tips
Be familiar with Cafemom guidelines, and the guidelines and mission of this AMP group.
Before you respond to a post, ask yourself: is what I'm writing kind or respectful.
Please save debates for posts that clearly ask for debate. It's okay to debate, but can be dangerous if the OP was wanting some empathy and understanding, or simply support for what she is trying to do. (if you have something to say outside the OP's goals please just make a post of your own)
For clarity sake, sometimes it is difficult to tell if you want empathy or advise, support or debate, so please somewhere in your post state whether you are open to debate or want empathy only.
Aim to respond supportive to the OP. (identify with the OP, whether you agree or not) Practice Reflextive listening if you are inclined since most members are here because they have a strong need to be heard, understood and helped with goals. (often, when a mom gets peaceful from being heard, she can come up with ideas on her own, so aim to show understanding first)
in other words, Opposing viewpoints or advice one feels
triggered to give despites OPs request for empathy or no sign that OP
wants either of these things, are best to be expressed as one's own post
rather than a reply, posting about thoughts and opionions one has about particular sorts of things.
Please respect that this is a group for offering alternative solutions to common parenting issues, if you prefer a mainstream way for a particular issue, that is fine. What is not fine, is to put down alternative ways or try to persuade others to use mainstream methods. This is a type of group that members come here for support for topics outside the mainstream because we are often surrounded by the mainstream.
If someone replies outside guidelines, please contact staff the report button will assist you in that. So that we can help keep group on track, the report button isn't a button that gets someone in trouble, we will do our best to gently guide them as to the protocals of this group. (some-what unusal than other groups, in that identifying with OP is important aspect)
Group Policies
Who can view forum posts in this group?
- The Lounge: Discuss Anything : Group Members Only
- Links/Guidelines/This Group: Everyone
- Get Empathy & Validation & Caring: Group Members Only
- L-AMP BOOK CLUB!!!: Everyone
- Parenting Workshop & Problem Solving: Group Members Only
- Celebrations of any kind!: All CafeMom Members
- Our Bodies, Our Homes, & Our World: All CafeMom Members
- Moms aka Goddesses of the Week: Group Members Only
- Temp. Forum w/Bookmarked Posts: Group Members Only
Who can view your group's member list?
All CafeMom Members
Who can create photo albums?
Group Members Only
Who can create events?
Group Members Only
Does this group show up publicly in the group directory?
Yes
Do new members need to have their applications approved by a group administrator to join?
Yes, group administrators will review and approve each member
Do you want to enable photo security? Photo security disables "right-clicking" on images to save them
Yes
