BabyCareGuide’s editorial standards are designed for a parenting publication that covers both everyday family decisions and higher-stakes health topics.
Evidence hierarchy
For medical or public-health claims, editors should prefer current guidance from recognized public-health agencies, professional medical organizations, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and peer-reviewed research appropriate to the claim. Commercial pages and unsourced summaries are not equivalent evidence.
Experience and practical context
Parent experience can add important context about routines, recovery, logistics, relationships, feeding work, sleep disruption, gear, and emotional realities. Anecdote should be labeled as experience rather than generalized as a universal medical fact.
Review and updates
Authors and editors should record source URLs for consequential claims. Health-sensitive articles may include reviewer names and credentials. Material updates should refresh the modified date, and corrections should be made when reliable evidence shows a published statement is wrong or materially incomplete.
Product recommendations
Recommendations should explain the use case, decision criteria, relevant limitations, who the product may suit, and meaningful safety or compatibility considerations. Affiliate compensation must not be treated as evidence of quality.
Conflicts and sponsorships
Sponsored relationships should be disclosed. An advertiser does not purchase the right to dictate independent factual conclusions unless the content is clearly labeled as advertiser-created or sponsored material.
Feedback
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