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Since I am no longer a member of that site, I have requested removal of my advice posts, (about 30 or so from memory, here is an example) and photographs. After sending a request to Minti via their ‘contact us’ page a week ago, I have still had no response. (Not surprising, as I was advised by other former members that they had suffered the same fate).
They still have the articles posted by ‘anonymous author’ which is misleading in itself, as I am not remotely anonymous and those are my original advice posts. They have removed the photographs from the posts as you can see on this article I wrote about honesty and integrity; perhaps they should have read it when they were making those changes.
Luisa Foliaki
November 8 at 8:36pm
08/11/2010
Open Letter To Minti
Now that I am no longer a member of your site, I am no longer bound by your terms of service.
“BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OR CONDITION SET FORTH BELOW, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE.”
Please treat this email as a formal request for my photographs and advice article posts to be removed from your site. If you have any difficulty working out which ones belong to me, I will be happy to assist you.
Good manners would dictate that it was reasonable to reply by now. Good business practice would dictate that it would have been prudent to respond sooner. Good ethics would dictate that there would be no issue removing work written by other people when they request it. I used to have respect for the concept of this site, however that fresh minti taste has gone stale.
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Ever since I became pregnant in 2005 and joined my first pregnancy/parenting website, I thought it would be cool to have my own. Mainly because I didn’t want to feel restricted by the rules of others and have to keep my true opinion to myself on matters that I felt passionate about. I waited all through my childhood to grow up and have my say, my way… So, here I am, with my own self indulgence that I dedicate to my greatest achievements, MicroMe and MissyMe.
MicroMe & MissyMe May 2010
The biggest stumbling block for me was worrying about not being an expert on all things parenting related, website design and writing. There are many experts in life; medical experts, teaching experts, scientific experts… You name it, if there is a field for it. There is most likely a certificate, diploma, degree or doctorate in any field you can name and those who just claim to be an expert in everything under the sun because they can.
Then it dawned on me; I have two very healthy, happy, strong children and I am their parent, so I am an expert on them and myself. You are an expert on you and your own children too and use your own judgment along with medical and educational experts to decide what is best for your children and your family.
I truly believe that while there are many avenues we can pursue as parents to get advice to help us with our children; the true answers lie within us. Sometimes it is hard to find them, however if you are open, honest and trust yourself, you will surprise yourself and learn to trust your own instincts more.
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, any action on behalf of your children is better than no action and remember, experts in all fields make mistakes too… Trust in you and believe in you; your children do.
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