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#Post#: 649--------------------------------------------------
General Information
By: Admin Date: October 18, 2018, 12:24 pm
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Eastlantis is a fictional, suburban town set in Florida, USA
Account registration for this site is disabled. This is so
that spam bots and/or those who have not been approved to be
here can't have access to private information. Once your
application has been approved, one of the Administration will
make your account for you. We will then send you your username
and a temporary password, which you may then change once you've
posted your profile in the appropriate area.
NPCs (anyone in the community who is mentioned in passing but
is not a registered member of the site) are free to be mentioned
and used as needed but are not allowed to be used to create
loopholes in rules (ie you can't have an NPC give you
permission to do something or let you get away with something).
Threads not respecting this will be locked.
In contrast with NPCs, Invited Guests are account holders and
not non-player-characters (NPCs) as they have a 'player' behind
the account. Guests also have basic member profiles but have NPC
families, live in a neighboring town (or within Eastlantis but
not in a built home), and can build relationships by attending
school, work, or church within the community. Adult and Young
Adult Guests are also welcome in order to take an open job
within the community to foster more interaction.
If a Child Guest or Young Adult Guest ends up in a trouble
situation, the adult addressing it can narrate that they are
contacting the family of the Guest but no inner will be
responsbile for disciplining a Child or Teen Guest. Likewise,
Young Adult Guests and Adult Guests are not responsible for
punishing inners. Their responsibility is only to pass the child
on to their parents.
No Big apart from the listed person may use a given Guest, as
Guests are not NPCs. If you would like to interact with a Guest,
please reach out to the Big of the Guest or send the Guest a PM
on the board. In addition, if a Guest finds that they need to be
more fully a part of Eastlantis at any time they may complete an
application.
Applications:
[list]
[li]All Adults complete the same application.[/li]
[li]Biological (in an AP-manner of speaking) children should
complete the Family Child Application.[/li]
[li]Adopted inners may use their discretion as to which Child
Application to complete (unattached or family), as there are
minor differences.[/li]
[li]Unattached Children should always complete the Unattached
Children application.[/li]
[li]Invited Guests will have a different application to
complete.[/li]
[/list]
*Please note that we are not an AB/DL friendly board. As such,
we will not accept any child younger than 2 years of age at all.
We will only accept a 2-, 3-, or 4-year-old who is coming with a
parent or guardian (not for the Children's Home). Absolutely no
diaper/potty play will be tolerated on this forum. Ages 5 and
older are welcome to apply, whether coming with or without a
parent or guardian.*
Multiple accounts:
[list]
[li]Each new applicant (Big) MUST complete the Confidential
Information section once. During account registration, the email
address used to apply to the site will be used.[/li]
[li]Additional inners from the same system should be discussed
with the Administration via PM.[/li]
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#Post#: 650--------------------------------------------------
Re: General Information
By: Admin Date: October 18, 2018, 12:25 pm
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[center]Religious Content:[/center]
By and large, the Ageplay community frowns upon openly religious
inners. Eastlantis was created to be a place to welcome and
embrace such interactions. The church on the board is Protestant
but otherwise non-denominational. More information about the
church will be available in the church itself.
Individual inners are welcome to openly discuss all aspects of
life from the perspective of conservative Christian morals and
values, if they have them. This should not be interpreted as an
attempt at any point to convert the Bigs of the inners directly
in those threads, or readers of those threads. There will also
not be any outright religious debates or discussions on the
board in terms of which religion is more right than another.
Because of this, we ask that any storylines with the potential
of someone having to compare or defend Christianity against
other religions (or a lack of religion, as the case may be) not
be played out. Having questions about Christianity is fine and
welcome - an inner wanting to play out a salvation experience is
also welcome but at no point should that be an expectation or
interaction forced upon a particular inner.
This stance on religious openness is not to say that ALL
families on the site have to be Protestant or religious at all,
but all applicants need to be aware of this aspect of the
Eastlantis community and comfortable with being exposed to these
religious aspects of life in terms of being friends and
interacting with openly Christian inners and reading threads
with religious contexts. If you are uncomfortable being directly
in a thread where religious life is discussed that's okay, too!
Just be mindful that many adults in the community are religious
leaders and that it's natural for Christian themes to come up as
a belief system (not necessarily blatantly discussing the Bible
- some ideas and concepts that are rooted in Christianity may
not be viewed by Bigs as religious due to cultural and regional
norms.).
If you aren't sure about something you'd like to do, please ask!
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Re: General Information
By: Admin Date: October 18, 2018, 12:32 pm
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[center]Schooling in Eastlantis:[/center]
Eastlantis has two schools to choose from: the public school and
the private, Christian school. To help with consistency, there
are handbooks for both the private and public school, as well as
a list of teachers for each school. These documents can be found
in their respective board areas. Please note that we consider
these documents works-in-progress and information will be
updated as our needs grow and change. Both schools are on a
year-round calendar (because some systems have expressed concern
about non-schooltime threads being difficult in terms of
creativity). Here is a general time table:
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The majority of the teachers will be NPCs controlled by the
Administration of the board. The NPC Teacher account allows us a
way to have teacher-student interactions as needed while also
allowing students the freedom, within reason, to work through
and express negative feelings regarding school. However, at no
time should anyone take liberties with the character or
reputation of a registered member who is a teacher or school
staff member. You can know which teachers are inners versus NPCs
because the inners' profiles are linked in the schools'
respective staff directories.
Any interaction involving a negative experience with a teacher
or school staff member that has not actually occurred through
interaction on the board needs to be discussed with the
Administration before it takes place. Threads where there is a
difference in the way that a teacher or school staff member
truly handles something and the way the student perceives it
should be explained clearly.
All NPC teachers will share an account and the posting teacher
will sign their name at the end of each post.
Teachers will have the ability to enter any threads taking place
on campus, whether tagged or untagged for them to be there, when
a rule is broken. Teachers will not enter threads taking place
outside of their classroom if there is no rule-breaking unless
explicitly invited/given permission.
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Re: General Information
By: Admin Date: October 27, 2018, 12:06 pm
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[center]Fostering and Adoption in Eastlantis[/center]
If you are a child coming to Eastlantis without family within
the community you/your Big will make the choice between Foster
Care or the Children's Home on your Confidential Information
Questionnaire - Part One of the Application.
(Please Note: selecting Foster Care is not a guarantee that
there is an available foster family at the time of your
application. If we cannot immediately place you in a foster care
situation upon arrival you will be placed in the Children's Home
and we will add you to a fostering waiting list.)
Foster Care:
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their heart and home
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has been deemed they are living in an unsafe or neglectful
environment. A child can also enter foster care by the
biological parents surrendering their rights voluntarily.
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rights. These rights are managed by the "state" (the Big of the
IK and/or Eastlantis). Educational, medical, and religious
decisions are made by the "state". If the parental rights of a
foster child have been severed, the "state" (the Big of the IK
and/or Eastlantis) is responsible for that care and all
decisions in those areas are made in partnership with the foster
parent.
Most but not all foster children in AP have parents whose rights
have been severed (just as backstory or because of experiences
throughout the IK's time in AP).
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trainings to ensure you are providing the best care for the
child.
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weeks, years, or an even more long-term placement. Children stay
in foster care until they can be placed back with their
biological family or into a permanent adopted home. In some
cases children "age out" of the foster care system.
Is a Foster Home right for you?
1. Fostering is good for children who are less independent
(would benefit from more consistent adult interaction) but are
not good at initiating interactions. It is also a way for adults
who would like to connect to children but are not good at
reaching out to have this opportunity to work with a child
one-on-one.
2. The Children's Home cottage is a good option for children who
would benefit from having more independence and less (but not
zero) adult interaction than in a traditional family home.
3. Sibling sets will be kept together unless otherwise desired
by the Bigs of the children involved.
4. Foster situations do not mean that kids are not open to
connect to other adults if that situation develops naturally.
5. Just because you enter the site one way does not mean that
this is a permanent placement. If a concern with a particular
foster placement arises or you initially live in the Children's
Home but would like to be fostered once you're more comfortable,
your Big may contact the Administration to discuss it.
6. If an unattached child forms a relationship with with a
family in the community the next step is for the family to
welcome the child into their home as a foster child. If the
child is being fostered by a different family their foster care
placement will be transferred to the family with whom the
relationship has been built.
7. Reminder: because of the nature of a young child's needs,
Foster Care in any form is not available for any child under the
age of five.
8. Foster Care placement is not available for Young Adults (ages
18-24). Instead, Young Adults who are unattached will be granted
their own Condo and assigned a Case Worker within our community
to assist them.
Adoption:
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their heart and home
⦁
previously, whether for the child they are planning to adopt or
another child.
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adoptive parents. Care for the child is entirely the
responsibility of the adoptive parent or parents.
(This does not mean that the Big of the IK will not be consulted
in decisions or that significant decisions regarding the care of
the child will be changed without the Big's knowledge or
consent. Communication is very important! The child's profile
will be respected at ALL times.)
How does adoption work in Eastlantis?
1. The inner must be a Full Member (have at least 100 posts) of
Eastlantis.
2. The inner must participate actively (post at least 2x per
week) within the community -- not exclusively with adults nor
exclusively within their Cottage or foster family.
3. The inner should show an active interest in building positive
relationships with peers as well as adults, not just seeking
negative attention or attention exclusively from adults.
4. Sibling sets will be adopted together unless otherwise
desired by the Bigs of the children involved.
5. If an unattached Young Adult develops a relationship with a
particular family and all parties agree that the Young Adult
should be adopted by the family, this is allowed. At the point
which the Young Adult is adopted by the family they may choose
to move in to said family's home.
Once a specific family has shown interest in the adoption of a
child, there must be evidence of an on-board relationship
between all existing family members and the potential adoptee
for the adoption to be approved by the Children's Home staff.
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Re: General Information
By: Admin Date: March 26, 2020, 9:37 pm
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[center]Terms and Definitions[/center]
We feel that in order to prevent misunderstandings, clear
definitions of certain terms you will find in the rules,
applications and elsewhere in this community are necessary. The
definitions found here are to be accepted by all members.
Thread: a series of posts put together to tell a story
Flag: a warning before the title of a thread about
potentially triggering content (Example: [Warning: contains
spanking])
Tag: a list after the title of a thread that tells who
should post in a thread (Example: Family Day (Tag Carmichael
Family)) When someone looks at the title of a thread they should
be able to tell who is
participating as well as who is welcome in that thread,
including the inner who began the thread.
Big: the biological, physical adult behind the keyboard who
is ultimately responsible for ALL of their inners' words and
actions on the board.
System: a group of inners who share a Big.
Roleplay: (verb) participating in threads
Ageplay: (noun) an emotionally real mindset through which we
interact.
=> Innerchild/Innerkid/IK: an emotionally real, childlike
part of ourselves that never grew up. You may have one or
several. Often something traumatic has happened to result in
that part of ourselves being
"frozen". Psychologically everyone has one.
Non-Player Character (NPC): a character who may be mentioned
to fill in the gaps of a story-line or give background but isn't
an active part of the community. NPCs are played by an inner's
Big as needed and MAY
NOT be used as a means to avoid or otherwise go around rules
set by active adults in the community. (IE one may not use an
NPC in a swimming thread to get around the rule that no one
under age 18 is allowed to
swim alone).
Discipline: the practice of teaching children to obey rules
or a code of behavior. (Example: instilling manners in children
or teaching them to look both ways before crossing the street.)
Punishment: a penalty (or consequence) for wrongdoing.
(Example: spanking, time out, grounding.)
Trigger: an experience (sight, smell, action, word, object,
etc) that sets off a memory or flashback of past trauma and
makes a person feel an extremely negative emotion such as fear
or anger or unsafe. Think of fight, flight, or freeze reactions.
Triggers can exist either because an inner holds a particular
part of the Big's past or because the inner themselves
experienced it firsthand. While triggers are able to be worked
through if they occur, everyone should be mindful of those they
are interacting with and not purposely do things that trigger
each other. Triggers are to be avoided whenever possible but
often are not 100% avoidable in interactions, such as if a
person is triggered by others expressing a particular feeling.
Reactions to triggers may not be punished since the reaction is
not something that can (always) be controlled. Reactions (even
whether something is triggering at all) may be dependent on the
context in which it is presented to the person.
Ex: Seeing a person wearing a belt and being reminded of
your abusive father beating you with one as a child.
This scenario is not entirely avoidable because one person
cannot control every part of the world around them.
Sometimes triggers can disappear altogether over time.
More examples and a further explanation can be found here
HTML https://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-a-trigger/
Limit: an experience (sight, smell, action, word, object,
etc) that may or may not set off a memory in someone who has
experienced trauma but makes them feel unsafe. Limits may not
EVER be approached in a thread, even by accident. In other
words, when something is listed as a limit, the Big and inner
are telling you that they do not consent to whatever the limit
is. Crossing the limit is potentially relationship-breaking. If
it happens by accident, bring it to the attention of the Big of
the inner who brought it up, and that inner must edit their post
if both parties agree to continue the interaction.
Ex: If a person has being spanked with a belt listed as a limit,
that is never an experience that should be done to that inner
for any reason.
This scenario is entirely avoidable because if an implement not
listed in the profile it is not allowed to be used.
Sometimes limits can disappear or loosen given time and the
building of a relationship with a particular person or people.
Reminder: Profile histories containing common triggers may be
flagged with a trigger warning in the history section only.
Members who are triggered by the particular subject matter may
choose to skip over the history but still must read limits and
triggers of all members that they interact with.
Powerplay/Godplay/God-modding: the speaking or moving for
another inner other than your own without prior permission. This
also includes assuming moral attitudes or other characteristics
without having observed them firsthand.
Out of Character (OOC): a term used to describe Big-to-Big
communication, whether it be on or off the board.
In Character (IC): a term used to describe inner-to-inner
communication, whether it be on or off the board.
Metagaming: a term used when inners (not Bigs) are talking
about something (a thread, conversation, etc) that they are
doing, whether or on the board or off. (Like an aside.)
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