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Terms of Use

The plain-language version: read freely, don't copy our work wholesale, be kind in community spaces, and remember that nothing here is professional advice.

Fruitful Village is operated by Simply Us & U LLC, doing business as Fruitful Village (“we,” “us,” or “the Village”). These terms are an agreement between you and Simply Us & U LLC.

Last updated September 20, 2026.

Using this website

By using Fruitful Village you agree to these terms. If you don't agree with them, please don't use the site. We may update these terms as the site grows; the current version always lives at this address.

Intellectual property

The writing, illustration, photography, branding and design on Fruitful Village belong to us unless stated otherwise. You're welcome to share links and short quotations with attribution. Please don't republish whole articles, resell our downloads, or use our name or artwork to imply we endorse something.

No professional relationship

Reading this site, subscribing to our emails, downloading a resource, or taking part in community discussion does not create a medical, therapeutic, nutritional, legal or financial professional relationship between you and Fruitful Village or any contributor. See the Medical & Wellness Disclaimer.

Content you post

Community spaces on Fruitful Village today are the No Judgment Zone (anonymous, and nothing appears until a moderator approves it), birth stories you send us, and any circles, forums or comment features we open later. Everything in this section applies to all of them.

You keep ownership. What you write is yours. By posting or sending it to us, you give Simply Us & U LLC a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, display, format, excerpt, moderate and share it on Fruitful Village and in our own channels, for as long as it stays posted, and afterwards only to the extent copies already exist in caches, backups or other members' saved pages. You can ask us to remove your own contributions at any time and we will take down what we can.

You are responsible for it. Post only what you have the right to post. Do not post anything unlawful, harassing, hateful, sexual, deceptive, or that reveals someone else's private information; do not post another person's photograph or a child's identifying details without permission; and do not present yourself as a qualified professional if you are not one. Our Community Guidelines set out the tone we ask for.

Moderation. We may review, edit for format, hold, decline, or remove any contribution, before or after it appears, for any reason or none, and we are not obliged to publish anything. Where a space is pre-moderated, nothing is public until a moderator approves it. We may also keep a record of removed content where the law or safety requires it.

Accounts and access. Where a feature needs an account or a sign-in link, keep your access to it private. We may suspend or end anyone's access to community features, with or without notice, for breaching these terms or the guidelines, for repeat infringement, or where we reasonably believe it is needed to protect other members, and we may close a feature altogether. You may leave at any time by asking us to delete your contributions and any account we hold for you.

What other people post. Contributions from members are their own views and experiences, not ours, and are not checked for accuracy. Fruitful Village does not endorse them and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, is not liable for anything a member posts or for any loss arising from relying on it. Nothing posted by a member is medical, legal or professional advice. Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, we are not the publisher or speaker of information provided by others.

Reporting content, and copyright complaints

If something posted here shouldn't be, tell us. Write to support@fruitfulvillage.com with a link to the content and what the problem is. You can ask us to keep your name out of it. We review reports ourselves and act on them as quickly as a small family running a site reasonably can.

For copyright specifically, send us: the work you say was copied, where it appears here, your contact details, and a statement that you believe in good faith the use wasn't authorized and that what you've told us is accurate. We will remove or disable the material while we look into it, and let whoever posted it respond. Repeat infringers lose their access.

Third-party links

We link out to retailers, organizations and resources we don't control. We aren't responsible for their content, their products, or their privacy practices. Some outbound links are affiliate links — see our disclosure.

Digital products, payments and refunds

Fruitful Village does not currently sell products. Free downloads are for personal use. When paid digital downloads, courses, memberships or events open, their delivery, licensing and refund terms will be published on a policy page linked from the footer and beside the purchase button before anything is offered for sale.

Disclaimers and limits

The site and its content are provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Fruitful Village is not liable for any loss or harm arising from your use of the site or reliance on its content. You are responsible for decisions about your own health and your family's, ideally made alongside appropriately qualified professionals.

Intended for adults

The content here discusses parenting and children's wellbeing, but the website and its community are intended for adults. See our privacy policy on children's data.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Fruitful Village operates. The specific jurisdiction will be named here before launch.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to us through the contact page.

The other door

The Gate

Nobody hands you the manual.

The fathers' side of this house. Written for him, in his language — so you can send him something rather than summarize it.

The Workshop · The Forge · The Watch · The Field

Show him The Gate

The other door

The Village

You don't have to do motherhood alone.

Lissa's side of this house, and where most of it began. If she sent you here, this is what she has been reading.

The Well · The Table · The Garden · The Chapel · The Home

Go into the Village