Pledge and Reward Levels

Thank you for taking interest in our Patron Program!

You can support us by becoming a patron. Simply select your preferred Pledge and Reward level and you’ll be guided through the registration – it’s easy!

Click here to find out more about our Patron Program.

What does our Patron Program involve?

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a patron as:

a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter

As our patron, you become a part of our present and future – part of the reason why we are able to continue doing what we do best, and further expand our reach into different projects to support as many parents and children as possible. Projects we envision realizing include:

• Self-empowerment courses and workshops for parents
• Publishing parenting aids such as children’s books, music, toys, games, etc. – fun and interactive material to assist parent-child communication within awareness, equality and understanding
• The founding of after-school learning centres in South Africa to provide underprivileged children access to more resources than the public education system is able to provide – creating fun and engaging environments for learning. In so doing, facilitating a child’s discovery of his/her own interests, passions and strengths with the possibility of exploring and deepening their knowledge and application of them.

You can select different patron-levels, pledging as little as R15 or R75 per month (respectively +/- 1 and 5 dollars), or pledging higher amounts depending on your personal capacity. While we keep our main content free for all, we do offer some perks to our patrons, our way of saying thank you. Each patron level comes with its own set of perks, so if this is important to you, make sure to take note of the Rewards column! (If you don’t want to make use of the perks, then that is of course fine as well, no pressure.)

When you sign up as a patron, you’ll be guided to the checkout to complete your first payment, after which your payments will automatically be deducted on a monthly basis – easy and hassle-free!

Why do we have a Patron Program?

Simply put: because just as anyone else, we require funds to function in this world.

We strive to reach, empower and support as many parents, parents-to-be, teachers and educators as possible. Our outlook is not limited to helping the elite few – we wish to be and become a substantial resource to anyone who is ready to answer Life’s call for self-improvement, self-investigation and self-transformation. It is for this reason that we have decided to make the content we have produced over the years and continue to add to consistently, freely available to all here on our site. We realize we are in a unique location-point within ourselves and our lives to share this information, and that it is therefore our privilege to share it and too important to hoard it. By giving you access to our personal trials, processes, errors and triumphs, we are able to quantify your process. In other words, you won’t have to take as long as we did to bring yourself, your life, and your family into balance and alignment with what is best for each of you individually and together.

After we have opted not to charge a fee for access to our material, the question of practical sustainability remained.

Not too far from where we live, lies a nature reserve – an area of approximately 400ha with spectacular scenery, pristine flora, African wildlife and access to picnic and barbeque facilities. It is a little piece of heaven, unspoilt and untamed. On our first visit to the reserve we were surprised to find absolutely no-one at the entrance, no manager, no security guard, just a box with the words ‘honesty box’. In the box we were expected to deposit a small entrance fee. No one was forcing us to comply, no one was going to check whether we had – it was simply a matter of honesty (and honor) to give back for what we received.

Our Patron Program is our version of an honesty box. In return for the support we freely provide, we ask for a small contribution from you in the form of a monthly pledge.

Not comfortable with monthly payments?

We are working on creating some content on our online shop where you can make once-off payments to support us, without future commitment. If this is more to your liking, make sure to view the products we currently have on offer.

Have any more questions?

Please contact us at: info@parentingforlife.net and we’ll get back to you asap!

Thank you for your consideration, understanding and support,

Leila & Maite