Welcome to TweenParent.com. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. The TweenParent.com Web site (the "Web Site" or "TweenParent.com") is provided by Tween Parent LLC ("TweenParent") for your and others' personal, non-commercial enjoyment, subject to the terms of these terms and conditions of use and all modifications thereto ("Terms and Conditions"), our Privacy Policy, and any other rules that may be published from time to time by TweenParent. By using this site, you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions of use. TweenParent may change the Terms and Conditions from time to time and at any time and without actual notice to you. All such changes to these Terms and Conditions will appear on the TweenParent.com Terms and Conditions page. By using this site after we post any changes, you agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed them. If at any time you choose not to accept these Terms and Conditions of use, please do not use this site.
The information provided on TweenParent.com is not intended to serve as a supplement and in no way should take the place of professional advice. Although TweenParent endeavors to use reasonable care in choosing content, the content may not be up-to-date, accurate or complete. The availability or use of the content is not intended to create, and does not create, any professional services relationship. Please note that portions of the content have been contributed to the Web Site by various individuals. The inclusion of such information does not indicate any approval or endorsement of the views expressed therein. Information provided by individuals, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person providing such information. Please understand that TweenParent expressly disclaims any liability with respect to such materials.
In order to better use TweenParent.com, we encourage you to join our community. If and when you decide to become a community member you agree to (1) provide accurate, current, and complete information about yourself as prompted by the appropriate registration form, (2) maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current, and complete, and (3) comply with these Terms and Conditions. You may review, correct, or update your profile information by visiting the My Account section of the Web Site or by contacting us at contactus@TweenParent.com. If any information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your membership and/or subscription.
As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password. We may refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else, is or may be illegal, is or may be protected by trademark or other proprietary rights law, is vulgar or otherwise offensive, or may cause confusion, as determined by us in our sole discretion.
We welcome you to visit and participate in the "Community" section of the Web Site. Community consists of a User Profile, Peer Forum, Peer Tips, Parenting Poll, Rate Articles, Share Your Favorite Things, Personalized URLs and other interactive services we may offer from time to time. We value your participation the Community and ask you to please help us to maintain a friendly, safe and informative environment. Information provided in Community may be provided by our staff, guest writers, or by contributors and users not connected with us, some of whom may use anonymous screen names. The opinions expressed in the Community are not necessarily those of TweenParent. All statements, advice, opinions expressed and/or the content provided by members in Community are those of such members only, and we neither endorse nor shall we be held responsible for the reliability or accuracy of such postings. We are not responsible for information or materials made available in Community (including errors or omissions in Community postings, content or links and images embedded in Community postings and/or content) or results obtained by using such information or materials. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information or materials obtained through the content and/or any postings in Community and/or the Web Site.
TweenParent does not pre-screen, monitor, review or edit the content posted by users. However, TweenParent has the right (but not the obligation) at its sole discretion to refuse or remove any content, in whole or part, that, in TweenParent's judgment, does not comply with theses Terms and Conditions or is otherwise undesirable, inappropriate or inaccurate. TweenParent is not responsible for any failure, non-failure or delay in removing such content. You will remain responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of such submitted material, including any Contribution or part thereof, or other communication to TweenParent. You agree to immediately notify TweenParent of any unauthorized use of the Web Site or any other breach of security known or suspected by you.
Information, including Personally Identifiable Information (any information which can be used to identify a specific individual, such as a name, postal address, telephone number, or e-mail address), which is posted in Community will be accessible to other members participating in Community including people you may not know. Making this information available on the Web Site may result in a member receiving "spam" or unsolicited e-mail. Members are encouraged to use discretion when communicating with other and/or disclosing Personally Identifiable Information online. In addition, TweenParent has no control over, and shall have no liability for, any damages resulting from, the use or misuse by any third party of information that you voluntarily make public through Community or any other part of the Web Site. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN COMMUNITY, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
This Web Site is intended to be used for lawful purposes only. You may have the opportunity to post, transmit or otherwise make available information, opinions, ideas, images or other content on the Web Site. We reserve the right to remove any content posted on our site for any reason. Decisions as to whether content violates our standards will be made in our sole discretion after we have actual notice of such posting. Without limiting our rights hereunder, we have attempted to provide guidelines to those posting on our site. When using the Web Site:
You may not post or transmit any material or content on or through the Site:
You may not post or transmit on or through the Site:
You may not:
You acknowledge and agree that TweenParent may preserve content and may also disclose content and identify you if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal processes; (b) enforce these Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of TweenParent, its users or the public.
You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Web Site, including your content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. TweenParent assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store postings, contributions or other information submitted by you or other users to TweenParent.com.
Any or all content on the Web Site may be purged periodically in TweenParent's sole discretion. You acknowledge and agree that content you view, submit or post is at your own discretion and risk, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. You acknowledge that you may not rely on any information, data, text, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials created by TweenParent, submitted to TweenParent or links from TweenParent, including content. You further acknowledge and agree that the views expressed on the Web Site do not necessarily reflect the views of TweenParent, and TweenParent does not support or endorse content (including any contribution, whether or not edited by TweenParent or presented on the Web Site edited or unedited, in whole or in part, or alone or with other content) posted or submitted by you or any user.
The content on this Web Site is intended for entertainment purposes only. Except as expressly permitted, you agree not to use the Web Site for sale, trade or other commercial purposes, and, you may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any way exploit the content of the Web Site. Only if you obtain prior written consent from us - and from all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property - may you publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Web Site. To seek our permission, you may write to us at our address provided below. If permission is granted by us and by all other entities with an interest in the relevant intellectual property, you may not change or delete any author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice.
You must abide by all additional copyright notices or other restrictions contained on the Web Site.
In operating this site, TweenParent does not solicit nor does it wish to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the Web Site or TweenParent mail and e-mail addresses, or in any other way. Any information or material submitted or sent to TweenParent will be deemed not to be confidential, secret or proprietary. By submitting or sending information or other material to TweenParent you represent and warrant that the information is original to you and that no other party has any rights to the material.
By communicating with TweenParent, including submitting or sending content, a contribution or other information or material to TweenParent.com, you grant TweenParent the royalty-free, unrestricted, world-wide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part), including any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings or concepts contained in such content, worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. Such license includes incorporating a contribution, in whole or in part, into a TweenParent feature. You will remain responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of such submitted material, including any contribution or part thereof, or other communication to TweenParent.
You also warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials have been waived.
You may be able to link to third parties' Web Sites ("Linked Sites") from the TweenParent.com Web Site. Linked Sites are not, however, reviewed, controlled, or examined by TweenParent in any way and TweenParent is not responsible for the content, availability, advertising, products or other materials of any such Linked Sites, or any additional links contained therein. These links do not imply TweenParent's endorsement of or association with the Linked Sites. It is your sole responsibility to comply with the appropriate terms of service of the Linked Sites as well as with any other obligation under copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency, privacy, security and export laws related to the use of such Linked Sites and any content contained thereon. In no event shall TweenParent be liable, directly or indirectly, to anyone for any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by the creation or use of the Linked Sites or the information or material accessed-through these Linked Sites. You should direct any concerns to that site's administrator or webmaster. TweenParent reserves the exclusive right, at its sole discretion, to add, change, decline or remove, without notice, any feature or link to any of the Linked Sites from the Web Site and/or introduce different features or links to different users.
You are granted a limited revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to TweenParent.com so long as the link does not portray TweenParent, its affiliates or their services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any TweenParent logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link, without express written permission. Other than as specifically described above, you may not, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, republish, transmit, repost or otherwise use the content of our Site, without prior written authorization from TweenParent.
While TweenParent and our affiliates attempt to provide accurate information on the Web Site, we do not guarantee that product descriptions or other content on this Web Site will be accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. Descriptions and images of, and references to, products on the Web Site do not imply our or any of our affiliates' endorsement of such products. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to change such descriptions, images, and references.
From time to time, TweenParent may offer as part of the Services, either on or through the Web Site, contests, promotions, simulations or games (collectively, "Games"). To participate in Games, players may be required to complete a registration form and be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of such participation. Upon submission, all registrations become the exclusive property of TweenParent. Registered users (each, a "Registered User") are permitted only one account. Registered Users with more than one account are subject to immediate disqualification from any Game, unless the description of the Game expressly invites a user to register multiple times. TweenParent, at its sole discretion, may suspend or revoke the registration of any Registered User.
Registered Users agree to release TweenParent and its agents, advertisers, sponsors or promotional partners, from all liability arising from participation in any of Game located on, or accessed through, the Web Site. TweenParent is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit any Registered User's ability to participate in any Game.
Each Registered User agrees to be bound by the rules of any Game and by the rules of fair play and consideration of fellow Registered User. A Registered User who violates any of the rules or guidelines for behavior published on the Web Site, or the site where the Game is conducted, are subject to immediate disqualification and revocation of their registration. TweenParent is under no obligation to award any prize to any Registered User who violates a published rule or guideline.
Some Games may offer prizes to Registered Users. All prizes are subject to the official game or contest rules published with that Game.
TweenParent reserves the right to cancel, terminate or alter any Game or the rules thereof at any time without prior notification.
All materials contained in this Web Site are the copyrighted property of TweenParent and its affiliates or licensors. As between TweenParent and you, TweenParent is the sole owner of all content on the Web Site, including without limitation, all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights thereto. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these Terms and Conditions, you may not download or save a copy of the Web Site or any portion thereof, for any purpose. You may, however, print a copy of individual screens appearing as part of the Web Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use or records, provided that any marks, logos or other legends that appear on the copied screens remain on, and are not removed from the printed or stored images of such screens. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the content of the Linked Sites is the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use the TweenParent.com Web Site do the same. If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by TweenParent.com infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Web Site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works); (c) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow TweenParent to locate the material on the Web Site; (d) the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (if available) of the complaining party; (e) a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA); see http://www.loc.gov/copyright/ for details. Notices should be sent to Copyrights c/o TweenParent 600 West 111th Street, New York, NY 10025. We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA. Please note that TweenParent may terminate any user who it reasonably believes to be a repeat copyright infringer.
This Web Site is not intended to be a children's site. Therefore, some of the available information may concern certain topics that may not be appropriate for children. TweenParent may, at its discretion, require users under 18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to view certain content, and TweenParent may limit access to certain content to users above a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
At TweenParent.com we carefully select articles and products that we believe our readers will find interesting and relevant to their lives as parents of preteens. No one can pay to have products or services included in our editorial content. That's what advertising is for. Messages from our advertisers are clearly marked as sponsored e-mails, banner ads or sponsored links on our Web Site or in your TweenParent.com newsletter. The "Shop" section of TweenParent.com gives our readers the opportunity to access interesting products and services. While we screen these links, our reader should be aware that these sites are a source of revenue for TweenParent. While, TweenParent does not take responsibility for products or your experience outside our site, we would like to hear from you if you have a negative or positive experience. Please send any comments to contactus@tweenparent.com. Of course, "Support A Cause" is completely nonprofit and TweenParent does not gain any revenue from these links.
As we mentioned, occasionally we may send you "Sponsored E-mails" from our advertisers. When you sign up for TweenParent.com you are agreeing not only to get our content delivered to you for free, but also to receive "Sponsored E-Mails" from our advertisers. If you would prefer not to get these e-mails, just unsubscribe from the TweenParent.com newsletter (unfortunately, this means, you won't be getting the TweenParent.com newsletter any more).
In case you were wondering, we would never sell our subscriber list to anyone. We hate junk mail as much as you do.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read our Privacy Policy.
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TWEENPARENT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEB SITE. YOU (AND NOT TWEENPARENT OR ANY OF ITS AGENTS) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
IN NO EVENT WILL TWEENPARENT, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SPONSORS, ADVERTISERS, PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS, BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY (i) FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE AVAILABILITY, USE, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEB SITE, EVEN IF TWEENPARENT OR ITS AGENTS SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE; OR (ii) FOR ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN, OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE WEB SITE. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, TWEENPARENT'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Upon a request by TweenParent, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold TweenParent, its affiliates, officers, directors and employees harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in any way from your use or misuse of the Web Site or services, or the uploading, posting, publishing, e-mailing, reproduction, distribution or transmission of any content or other materials by you or users authorized by you or any violation of these Terms and Conditions by you. TweenParent reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with TweenParent in asserting any available defense.
You agree that the laws of the State of New York, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules, shall govern these Terms and Conditions. Please note that your use of the Web Site may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with TweenParent or relating in any way to your use of the Web Site resides in the courts of the State of New York, and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of New York, in connection with any such dispute and including any claim involving TweenParent or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and content providers.
We control and operate this site from our offices in New York, New York. We do not represent that materials on the site are appropriate or available for use outside of New York, New York. Persons who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Any inquiries concerning these terms and conditions of use should be directed to contactus@tweenparent.com.
These Terms and Conditions, together with any agreement or rules referred to herein (including the Privacy Policy), constitutes the entire agreement between you and TweenParent with respect to the Web Site and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications and proposals whether oral, written, or electronic) between you and TweenParent with respect to the Web Site. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
You shall not transfer, assign, sublicense nor pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of your rights or obligations under this Agreement. TweenParent may transfer, assign, sublicense or pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to a subsidiary, affiliate, or successor thereof or to any third party whatsoever, without notifying you or receiving your consent.
No agency, partnership, joint venture or employment relationship between you and TweenParent is intended or created by these Terms and Conditions. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. Any heading, caption or paragraph title contained in these Terms and Conditions is inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way defines or explains any paragraph or provision hereof. Any notifications or other communications that we undertake to send to you hereunder will be deemed conclusively given if sent to the email address submitted as part of your registration with TweenParent. If such email address does not function, TweenParent will have no obligation to send you notifications or other communications by other means, notwithstanding that other contact information for you may be available to us.
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 230(d) as amended, we hereby notify you that parental control protections (such as hardware, software or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections is available at:
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Family/Parental_Control.html, and http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/Content_Security_Management.html,Please note that TweenParent does not endorse any of the products or services listed at such site.
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions or our site in general, please contactus@tweenparent.com.