Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 15, 2026

Welcome to Gentle Parenting 101 (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Website”).

Our website is located at Gentleparenting101.org and provides parenting information, gentle parenting guidance, children’s activities, educational ideas, family resources, and related content.

We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit or interact with our Website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, how it may be used, the circumstances in which it may be shared with third parties, and the choices available to you.

By using Gentleparenting101.org, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use our Website, we may collect certain information directly from you or automatically through your browser or device.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

  • Leave a comment on an article;
  • Contact us by email;
  • Submit an inquiry, suggestion, or other communication;
  • Subscribe to any newsletter, mailing list, or other communication service we may offer in the future;
  • Participate in a survey, promotion, giveaway, or other interactive feature;
  • Otherwise communicate with us through the Website.

Depending on the interaction, information may include your name, email address, website address, and the contents of your message or comment.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information, children’s personal information, financial information, passwords, medical information, or other confidential information through public comments or ordinary contact forms unless specifically requested and appropriate.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Website, certain technical information may automatically be collected by our web server, hosting provider, analytics services, advertising services, security tools, or other third-party technologies.

This information may include:

  • IP address;
  • Browser type and version;
  • Device type;
  • Operating system;
  • General geographic location derived from IP address;
  • Referring website or webpage;
  • Pages viewed;
  • Date and time of your visit;
  • Approximate time spent on pages;
  • Links or advertisements you interact with;
  • General information about how you interact with the Website;
  • Technical information necessary to maintain website security and functionality.

We use this information primarily for website operation, security, performance, analytics, advertising measurement, and improving the Website.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Gentleparenting101.org may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.

A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.

Cookies may be used for purposes such as:

  • Remembering preferences;
  • Supporting website functionality;
  • Maintaining website security;
  • Understanding website traffic;
  • Measuring advertising performance;
  • Delivering and measuring advertisements;
  • Providing personalized or non-personalized advertising, where applicable;
  • Preventing fraudulent activity;
  • Improving the Website and user experience.

Some cookies may be placed by us, while others may be placed by third-party service providers.

You can generally control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the Website.

3. Google AdSense and Advertising

Gentle Parenting 101 may use Google AdSense or other third-party advertising services to display advertisements on the Website.

When Google AdSense is used, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information about visitors and their interaction with advertisements.

Google may use this information to:

  • Serve advertisements;
  • Measure advertising performance;
  • Limit repetitive advertisements;
  • Detect invalid or fraudulent activity;
  • Provide relevant or personalized advertising where permitted;
  • Understand interactions with advertisements;
  • Improve advertising services.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s prior visits to this Website or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on a user’s visit to our Website and/or other websites.

We do not directly control the cookies or other technologies used by third-party advertising providers.

For more information about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use its services, visitors should review Google’s relevant privacy information.

Visitors can also manage or opt out of certain forms of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings.

Users may also be able to manage certain third-party personalized advertising preferences through industry opt-out mechanisms where available.

Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements. You may continue to receive contextual or non-personalized advertisements.

4. Third-Party Advertising Partners

If advertisements are displayed on Gentleparenting101.org, advertising providers and their technology partners may independently collect information through cookies, pixels, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies.

These companies may use information for purposes including:

  • Advertising delivery;
  • Advertising personalization;
  • Advertising measurement;
  • Frequency management;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Audience measurement;
  • Conversion measurement;
  • Reporting and analytics.

The privacy practices of third-party advertising companies are governed by their own privacy policies.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies and privacy controls provided by the relevant third-party advertising providers.

The specific advertising partners used on the Website may change over time.

5. European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may be presented with a consent message before certain cookies, local storage technologies, or personalized advertising technologies are used, where consent is legally required.

Where applicable, we use an appropriate consent management solution to provide information about relevant advertising and technology providers and to allow users to make choices about cookies, advertising personalization, and related processing.

Where required, we will obtain consent before using cookies or other technologies for advertising personalization or other purposes that require consent.

You may also have the ability to change or withdraw your consent through the Website’s privacy or consent settings.

Google requires publishers serving personalized ads to users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland to use an appropriate Google-certified consent management platform integrated with the relevant industry framework. We will configure our advertising and consent tools in accordance with applicable Google requirements and applicable privacy laws.

6. Comments

If you leave a comment on Gentleparenting101.org, we may collect the information entered into the comment form, including your name, email address, website address, comment content, IP address, and browser user-agent information.

This information may be used to:

  • Display your comment;
  • Respond to your comment when appropriate;
  • Prevent spam and abusive activity;
  • Maintain website security;
  • Moderate comments.

Your email address is not publicly displayed simply because you submit a comment.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for website administration, moderation, security, legal, or legitimate business purposes.

We may use an automated spam detection service to help identify potentially abusive or unwanted comments.

7. Gravatar

If commenting functionality is enabled and you use an email address associated with a Gravatar account, an anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether a profile image is associated with that address.

If your comment is approved and your Gravatar profile image is publicly available, it may appear alongside your comment.

Gravatar is operated by Automattic. Its data practices are governed by Automattic’s own privacy policy.

You can choose not to use a Gravatar-associated email address when commenting if you do not want this functionality to apply.

8. Contact Information

If you contact us by email at info@gentleparenting101.org, we may receive and retain information contained in your message, including:

  • Your name, if provided;
  • Your email address;
  • The contents of your message;
  • Any attachments or information you voluntarily provide.

We use this information to respond to your inquiry, provide assistance, address website issues, consider suggestions, and communicate with you where appropriate.

We do not sell contact information submitted directly to us.

9. Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on Gentleparenting101.org may contain embedded content, including videos, images, social media posts, articles, widgets, or other content from third-party websites.

Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the third-party website directly.

These third-party services may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content.

Examples may include video platforms, social media platforms, product services, or other external websites.

We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies before interacting with their content.

10. Analytics

We may use analytics and measurement services to understand how visitors use Gentleparenting101.org.

Analytics information may include:

  • Pages visited;
  • Traffic sources;
  • Approximate location;
  • Device and browser information;
  • Time spent on pages;
  • General interaction with the Website.

Analytics data helps us understand which content is useful to visitors, identify technical problems, improve website navigation, and develop better content.

Where analytics services use cookies or similar technologies, applicable consent requirements will be respected.

11. Affiliate Links and Amazon Associates

Gentle Parenting 101 participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and related properties.

Some articles may contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make an eligible purchase, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Third-party affiliate platforms may use cookies or similar technologies to identify referrals, track transactions, measure conversions, and calculate commissions.

The use of affiliate links does not increase the price you pay for an eligible purchase.

Affiliate relationships do not change the price of products or services unless otherwise stated.

12. How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website for legitimate purposes including:

  • Operating and maintaining the Website;
  • Responding to inquiries;
  • Publishing and moderating comments;
  • Preventing spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats;
  • Improving website performance;
  • Understanding visitor behavior and website traffic;
  • Developing new content;
  • Measuring advertising performance;
  • Serving and measuring advertisements;
  • Complying with legal obligations;
  • Protecting our rights and the security of our Website;
  • Communicating with users who have voluntarily contacted or subscribed to us;
  • Supporting affiliate and advertising relationships.

We do not use personal information for purposes unrelated to those described in this Privacy Policy unless permitted or required by applicable law.

13. How We Share Information

We may share information with third parties when reasonably necessary to operate the Website or provide services.

These parties may include:

  • Website hosting providers;
  • Website security and spam-prevention services;
  • Comment-management services;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Advertising providers;
  • Affiliate networks;
  • Email or newsletter service providers;
  • Website technology providers;
  • Professional advisers;
  • Government authorities or law-enforcement agencies where legally required.

Third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit our Website.

14. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

For example:

  • Comments may be retained indefinitely or for as long as they remain useful for website administration and discussion;
  • Contact correspondence may be retained as long as reasonably necessary to respond to and document the inquiry;
  • Technical and security information may be retained according to the practices of our hosting, security, analytics, and advertising providers;
  • Cookie and advertising information may be retained according to the policies of the relevant technology providers.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the service involved.

15. Children’s Privacy

Gentle Parenting 101 is intended primarily for parents, caregivers, educators, and adults interested in parenting and child development.

Although our content discusses children and may include activities intended for children, the Website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information directly from children.

We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Parents or guardians who believe that a child has submitted personal information to us may contact us at info@gentleparenting101.org.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child in circumstances where collection is not permitted, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

Parents and guardians should supervise children’s use of websites and online services.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to you, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the right to:

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you;
  • Request correction of inaccurate information;
  • Request deletion of certain personal information;
  • Request restriction of certain processing;
  • Object to certain processing;
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • Request information about how your personal information is used;
  • Request a copy of certain personal information;
  • Opt out of certain forms of personalized advertising;
  • Exercise other rights provided by applicable privacy laws.

These rights are subject to applicable legal limitations and exceptions.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at:

info@gentleparenting101.org

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests to help protect your personal information.

17. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have additional privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws.

Depending on the circumstances, these rights may include rights relating to access, deletion, correction, and information about certain disclosures or sharing of personal information.

Where applicable, California residents may also have rights relating to opting out of certain forms of targeted advertising or the sale or sharing of personal information.

Gentle Parenting 101 does not knowingly sell personal information for monetary consideration.

If you wish to exercise an applicable California privacy right, contact us at:

info@gentleparenting101.org

We will process valid requests in accordance with applicable law.

18. European Privacy Rights

If you are located in the EEA, UK, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy protections, you may have additional rights under applicable data protection laws.

Depending on the circumstances, these may include rights to:

  • Access your personal information;
  • Correct inaccurate personal information;
  • Request deletion;
  • Restrict processing;
  • Object to processing;
  • Receive certain information in a portable format;
  • Withdraw consent;
  • Lodge a complaint with an applicable data protection authority.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

19. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable data protection laws require us to identify a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on one or more of the following:

  • Consent — where you have provided consent for a particular activity;
  • Legitimate interests — where processing is reasonably necessary for website operation, security, administration, analytics, or similar legitimate purposes and those interests are not overridden by applicable rights;
  • Contractual necessity — where processing is necessary to provide a service or respond to a request;
  • Legal obligations — where processing is required to comply with applicable law;
  • Other lawful bases permitted under applicable privacy legislation.

The legal basis may differ depending on the specific processing activity and the jurisdiction in which you are located.

20. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting information over the Internet or storing information electronically is completely secure.

We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.

If we become aware of a security incident affecting personal information, we will take reasonable steps to investigate and respond to the incident and provide notifications where required by applicable law.

21. Third-Party Websites

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, including websites operated by advertisers, affiliate partners, social media companies, retailers, educational resources, and other organizations.

Once you leave Gentleparenting101.org, your activity is governed by the privacy policy and terms of the website you visit.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.

22. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” feature.

Because there is currently no universally accepted industry standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, our Website may not respond to all such signals.

Where applicable law requires recognition of a specific browser-based privacy signal, we will take reasonable steps to comply with those requirements.

23. International Data Transfers

Some service providers used by the Website may process or store information outside your country of residence.

As a result, your information may be transferred to countries that have different data protection laws from those in your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers of personal information.

24. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:

  • Our Website;
  • Our services;
  • Advertising partners;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Affiliate relationships;
  • Cookies and tracking technologies;
  • Applicable laws;
  • Privacy practices.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

25. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact us:

Gentle Parenting 101
Email: info@gentleparenting101.org
Website: Gentleparenting101.org

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate privacy inquiries within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable law.

26. Important Advertising and Privacy Notice

Gentle Parenting 101 may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements.

Third-party advertising companies may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information as a result of advertisements being served on this Website.

Such technologies may be used to provide, personalize, measure, and improve advertising, subject to applicable laws, user choices, and the policies of the relevant advertising providers.

Visitors can manage certain advertising preferences through the privacy controls offered by Google and other advertising providers.

By continuing to use this Website, you acknowledge that third-party advertising, analytics, affiliate, and embedded-content providers may process information as described in this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable consent requirements and your available privacy choices.