Who We Are

The Centered Parent is a strength-based parenting blog created by mom and licensed counselor, Hayley Gallagher, MA, AT, LPC.

Our website address is: https://thecenteredparent.com.

Our Purpose

The Centered Parent is a parenting blog that’s sole purpose is to provide useful information to its readers. The articles are intended to be informative and helpful, and are no replacement for the guidance of a trained medical or mental health professional.

With the exception of the occasional expert round-up, where I include quotes from field experts, I am the sole author of every article and post published on The Centered Parent.

I am a parent, licensed professional counselor, certified family-based therapist, and trained art therapist, and I use this blog to share my experience and expertise. I do so freely in the hopes that parents and families will benefit.

BUT, please allow me to make the following distinction: though I am an expert in my field, I am not an expert on you, your kids, or your family. My articles and blog posts should not be used in place of professional advice, clinical guidance, or medical treatment.

Our Goal

Our goal is to deliver the following to our readers:

  • Research-driven articles and information on parenting, mental health, self-care, family bonding, activities for kids, pregnancy and early parenthood, miscarriage, therapist resources, and more.
  • Recommendations on high-quality resources, tools, and products intended to foster family wellness and improve the parenthood experience.
  • Support for our community of parents, caregivers, and professionals via our social media channels, email newsletter, and our content, tools, & resources.

Affiliate Disclosure

An integral part of our high-quality content is the information we provide with regard to useful resources, tools, services, and products.

Some articles and posts contain affiliate links, including links to Amazon, and as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

I only recommend resources, products, and services that I adore and find to be useful. If you happen to make a purchase using an affiliate link, I will earn a small commission, at no additional cost to you.

My recommendations are based on personal experience with the product or service, as well as a TON of in-depth research. I only share resources, tools, products, and services that meet high standards of quality and value – I would never recommend something just to make money.

While this site is a true labor of love, affiliate commission helps sustain the site and mitigate the costs of running it. A lot of time and effort goes into each article, ensuring superior content and dependable information. Any affiliate commission received helps maintain that level of quality. 🙂

For more information about affiliate marketing, check out http://paidforadvertising.com/.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Contact forms request the minimum information required to communicate with website visitors and respond to their queries effectively. Information is kept private and we do not share or sell the personal information collected from our contact forms.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie associated with that link will allow tracking for that link. The cookie’s expiration is dependent on the product or service. If you would like more information on this, please email thecenteredparent@gmail.com

Personalized ads

Personalized ads reach users based on their interests, demographics, and other criteria. Because ad technology providers may collect, receive, and use personal data from users in personalized ads, we identify all such ad technology providers when obtaining user consent for the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for ads personalization.

Pixels

We utilize pixels to help track useful information about our site traffic in order to provide our readers with a better experience. The pixel data is used to understand our audience and what information is important to them. It is also used to promote products we love, content we believe could be valuable to our readers, and it helps us determine where are readers hang out. We may use the data to retarget visitors in order to present information of interest to them, based on previous visits.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

When you comment on the site or subscribe to our email list, we collect the information requested in order to ensure the comments are appropriate and managed safely. 

When you subscribe to our email newsletter, you will only receive email communication from The Centered Parent. You will only receive the email communication that you have opted to receive. We will never sell your information to third party companies.

Analytics

The Centered Parent may find occasion to use data collected from comments, visitors, and subscribers to run analytics and conduct research. This is for the sole purpose of maintaining website integrity. Any data collected will only be used to help us continue to provide a seamless experience and high quality content.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

Direct any questions or concerns to thecenteredparent@gmail.com