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Is Heartland Valley right for you?
By: Admin Date: April 13, 2020, 12:52 am
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[center]Is Heartland Valley right for you?[/center]
Our home is a community that we want to share with people.
However, personal experience has taught the administration that
not every site is right for every person. So, we�ve created this
thread to try and give prospective members an idea about what
this site is and is not.
Heartland Valley is:
[list]
[li]A community. We�re always excited when new people arrive,
and eager to make new friends![/li]
[li]For all ages. We have adults, young adults, teens and kids!
We class young adults as a separate group, because we don�t
think that 18 is a magic number. Our young adults are valued
members of the community, but we recognize they�re not always
ready for the same responsibility as older adults.[/li]
[li]Inclusive. Heartland Valley is a secular site but we welcome
people of all religions as well as of all genders, sexual
orientations, races, etc. We accept people as they are and we
are not accepting of discrimination.[/li]
[li]Welcoming. Whether you�re coming on your own or with a whole
host of family doesn�t matter to us. You�ll find that as long as
you�re willing to reach out or jump in, there's always people to
interact with.[/li]
[li]Nurturing. Every child that comes without a family will live
temporarily in Heartland Hall (See Unattached Children
https://heartlandvalley.createaforum.com/guest-information/unattached-children/…
/>post). Through our mentorship program the goal is that all
children can get to know and develop deep bonds with adults in
the community, and ultimately be fostered or adopted (if there
is a desire for that).[/li]
[li]Easygoing. No-one�s here to jump on kids for being kids, or
anyone having heavy emotions that they need to express. If you
want a place that�s accepting of exploring, playing, and
feeling, that�s us.[/li]
[li]Quality over quantity. We don't have a million posts a day
most of the time, and that's okay with us. We prefer to take the
time to post thoughtfully.[/li]
[li]Fun! At least, we think so. [/li]
[/list]
Heartland Valley is not:
[list][li]Primarily about discipline. While the adults in the
community care about children�s care and well-being and will
discipline children as they see fit, they are not here to serve
as walking-talking discipline dispensers. They�re far more than
that, and we encourage adult-child interaction that's not
centred around misbehaviour![/li]
[li]Diaper friendly. We only accept applications from children
aged 5+, in part because we are not comfortable with any aspect
of diaper play. [/li]
[li]A place where you will be instantly adopted. There are
plenty of opportunities for kids to interact with adults, and
each kid coming without a family of their own will be placed
with a foster family, but the adults in our community believe
that forming a close bond takes time, and being fostered into a
family isn't a promise that those adults will adopt you.[/li]
[li]Short Term. We take our families and friends very seriously
here, and the connections between our members are strong and
very emotionally real. People who make connections and then
ditch have hurt us all in the past, and so we want to make it
clear before people join that we're in it for the
long-term.[/li]
[/list]
If this sounds like it fits with the way you like to live/play,
please read the information in this board, and send in an
application!
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