With the time this group has had since being assembled, many ideas, concerns, and expressions have been made to address all areas of maintaining a productive group.  One area of great concern, especially since the group has grown to 70 members, is the proper etiquette needed to display from ourselves and our children during play dates and/or all events.  Even with all of us being adults, it is absolutely needed at this time to implement some guidelines for all of us as those adults to follow and respect.

These guidelines are not directed at any ONE person.  It is not only proper etiquette, its common sense.

• During any play dates in home/outdoors for children and moms, if your children are destructive, being hateful or harmful to others or just flat has disruptive, bad behavior, you are to control them and put that behavior to a stop.  If your child/ren are unable to handle moderate behavior, you and your child/ren will be asked to leave. 

   *There are no hard feelings associated with this guideline.  No one should take it personally if they are asked to leave.  As adults, we all understand that we only want our property and family members treated respectfully.

• Do not bring your child/ren to play dates if they are sick
• If your child/ren breaks/destroys another person’s property in the group, the mothers should take this situation into their own hands to resolve the issue.  The entire group does not need to be involved.  However, you should always take responsibility of your child/ren.
• At any play date please restrain from using fowl or abusive language (you know who you are)
• At our Mom night out events, please restrain from becoming overly intoxicated.  Making a fool out of yourself affects the members comfort and embarrasses all of us.
• At our Family get-togethers, please be sure to be respectful to all spouses and/or partners of our members.  Making crude jokes at people is hurtful and will not be tolerated.
• At ANY and ALL Couples Night Out, you should maintain an adult mature behavior and keep public displays of affection to a minimum, if you MUST display at all.  PDA makes everyone around you, who are mature, very uncomfortable.
• If you do have a situation, problem, argument, disagreement, or ANYTHING you can think of that causes friction between yourself and another member, DEAL WITH IT as an adult. Do not involve others that have no interest and do not make it obviously apparent that there is a problem.  No one is interested or concerned and quite frankly, no one has time for it.
• If, at any get together, you and/or your partner/spouse/friend fails to pay the tab/bill, your information will be provided to the manager/owner of the location, if you do not return to take care of it.
• Be sure to post any of your own personal guidelines for play dates that you host in your home on the database on line.
• Unfortunately, it must be said, due to obvious problems with members, please act like an adult.  Weather you are 21 or 71, we all need to act maturely and appropriately when we are together.
• Failure to comply with guidelines will result in removal of your membership