Disclosure & Terms of Use

Here are a few things you should know about using this site.

First off, I am Canadian. That means I use Canadian spellings and grammar rules. I hope we can still be friends despite my love of the letter ‘u’.

Second, all content on this site is copyright protected. This includes all images and articles. The images used on this site are either taken by me, created by me (or designers I have hired) or purchased through a stock photo site, or used with permission by their copyright holders (for example, other bloggers). You may not take any images from this site for your own use without written permission. If you are interested in purchasing reprint rights for an article please see my Hire Me page for more details. In the same vein, articles are not to be copied and reprinted. You are encouraged to link to this site if you wish to share the articles, but copying of any content is strictly prohibited.

Third, this site is written by me. A mom. Nothing more, nothing less. I am not a medical expert, business professional, or parenting expert. Any opinions are my own. All opinions and statements made here should be checked and verified by an expert before you make personal decisions for yourself or your family.

Fourth, a quick thing about comments on the blog. Due to the high level of spam, comments are moderated. This means it may take some time before your comment is posted publicly. We also have a complete ban on all links in comments. If you include a link in your comment, it will be automatically deleted to protect our visitors. If you have a question, please ensure you have read the post and all linked posts thoroughly. Chances are your question is answered in the post or a follow up post.

Finally, even though I am Canadian, I am including the following disclosure so you know how this site generates income. If you have chosen to use an adblocker, I totally get it, those ads can get annoying, but I would love for you to consider disabling it for my site if you enjoy the content. I don’t make much from this page, but what I do make from those ads and affiliate links goes back into making it better for you. Thanks for considering this.

Here is the legal stuff.
This policy is valid from 28 June 2015

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

All videos on this website are done without audio tutorial. They are provided as a visual tool to see how activities are done. Written subtitles may be included where relevant. There is no audio instruction provided with our videos.

Some of the links and banners on this blog are affiliate links through various vendors that earn STEAM Powered Family a small commission should purchases be made as a result of clicking through.  I never endorse a product or service that I myself would not use.  The affiliate links contained within this blog are ones for products and services which I can recommend without hesitation.

STEAM Powered Family is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I believe in the value of your time and appreciate that you are sharing some of it with me. Thank you for reading.

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