Requirements for Subscribing:  To join BPN, you must be: 1) a parent or parent-to-be, or working with children or child/parenting issues/events, and 2) living in the San Francisco Bay Area or planning a move here. (See Who can join the list? for details.) There is no fee to join.

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Kids in Middle School, High School, & Beyond? You can also subscribe to: Parents of Teens.

1. Your Name	(see Privacy note below)
2. Email Address	your email will not be included in the Welcome section
3. Neighborhood *	you must live in the SF Bay Area or be planning a move here (see * Note below)
4. Ages of your kids (or due date/child-related job) *	you must have kids at home, or work with children, or be expecting a child (see * Note below)

5. Introduction
If you'd like to briefly introduce yourself to other members, please use the space below. (max 250 characters) Please don't include URL's or use this space to promote your business. Thanks!
Privacy note: We do not use any of the information above for anything except for a one-time announcement in the "Welcome to New Members" section of our weekly Announcements newsletter, which is emailed only to other subscribing parents. We'll include your name, neighborhood, kids' ages, and introduction (not your email address). We need your email address in order to mail newsletters to you, but we don't use any other info you give us for anything but the one-time announcement. We never give away or sell or reveal names or email addresses or any other personal information for any other reason. Please see our Privacy Policy for details. The Welcome section includes about 100 new members' names each week, but if you don't want to be included, you can request that in the Comments section below.
6. Comments?
Any other comments are welcome. They will not be included in the announcement.
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A volunteer reviews all "join" requests, so it may be a few days before you are added to the list and can post a message. If more than a week goes by, please send us an email.