We've been hard at work to proudly present to you a NEW and IMPROVED Super Parenting Social Network (SPSN)! We've moved the network to another software platform to offer you more features for a greater social networking experience. For your convenience, you may access SPSN by clicking the community link on SuperParenting.com or by visiting SuperParentingSocialNetwork.com.

Some of the new features include:

1. Single sign-on (SSO)-One set of login credentials for our entire site including our online classroom and social network.
2. Points & Rankings-Earn points on your site-wide activity for rankings and prizes.

3. Audio & Video-Add audio or video via upload or live recording from your computer's webcam and microphone.

4. Live Audio & Video in posts- record live audio or video into a blog post, forum post, comment or private message to another member.
5. Live chat- chat with other SPSN members via text, audio and video.

6. Rating- Rate media and blog posts across the network.
7. Share your content- More options for sharing your content on SPSN with widgets for placement on your own blog or website or other social networking sites.

8. Improved Groups- Join groups and when adding your audio, videos, pictures or blog posts to SPSN you can also add them to your groups (helping to focus interests and special needs of parenting groups).

9. Member moderation- Ability for members to flag inappropriate content or spam.

10. Site-wide search-enter a keyword in the search box and pull-up all relevant content.

Logging in for the first time

One of the abovementioned features, a site-wide single sign-on (SSO) requires that you supply a username. If you were a member of our previous SPSN site or newsletter list, then the name you provided on your previous SPSN profile or newsletter application (or an abbreviated version thereof) will be used as your username. You were also assigned a new temporary password.

To login to the new network, go to SuperParenting.com and click the login link in the left column. Click the forgot password link, enter the email address you used to sign up for SPSN and a link to reset your password will be emailed to you.

You may then use your email and new password to login to the website. You will be taken to the community page where you can access all of the features of the site.

If you are a new user, merely click the login link in the left column of SuperParenting.com and click 'create an account'. Follow the directions and you will be emailed a confirmation link. Once confirmed, you may login to the site.

Tutorials for Using the New SPSN

We've provided a few short tutorials for using the new SPSN to aid you in your transition to the new site.

1. Tutorials page
2. Login tutorial
3. Editing profile page

4. Adding audio or video

5. Adding a blog post
6. Joining groups
7. Message board

8. Rating, sharing, or commenting on Blog posts or media

We look forward to your continued participation in the Super Parenting Social Network. Remember, "it takes a village to raise a child," and this is our village.

Here at Super Parenting LLC, we've decided to change the Super Parenting Pledge to the Super Parenting Oath. We've done so in an effort to better serve the parents that utilize our services as well as to clarify our purpose in writing the oath.

We've discovered that in using the word 'pledge', many parents mistakenly thought this was a plea for them to pledge or donate money in some way. This is contrary to what was intended when we initially wrote the oath. An oath is defined by Random House Dictionary as:

The form of words in which such a statement or promise is made. A vow or pledge.

Our goal is to motivate parents to REMEMBER, REITERATE and HERALD their dedication to parenting their children by making a promise, vow or pledge to be super. In other words, to take the Super Parenting Oath.

What IS the Super Parenting Oath? Click here for more.

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on a podcast by Deb Ingino, one of our active Super Parenting Social Network Members, and more importantly the creator of MyWiredStyle.com. My Wired Style is an organization assisting parents and children in finding how they are wired, so they may know their strengths and purpose.Their motto is, success is not learned. It is discovered and nurtured. Press play to listen to the interview. 

Super Parenting LLC is proud to invite parents worldwide to take the Super Parenting Pledge! This pledge serves as an oath to honor the responsibilities of parenting and to make the best effort to be a SUPER PARENT. Parents may have already vowed to maximize their parenting experience, long ago, when they first joined parenthood. This pledge, however, serves as a tangible record of this commitment to our children and our family lives, along with a reminder of the key ingredients in SUPER PARENTING our children. Please join with us in taking the Super Parenting Pledge for the sake of our children, community and humankind in general.