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Please don't get rid of the Teenagers board

111 replies

TeenTimesTwo · 15/05/2019 19:49

Just that really.

You'll see that a number of us are responding to the MNHQ post on the board itself, but just in case you're not checking replies there, a number of us really, really want to keep teenagers stuff away from the potty training, and parents of 6yos who think their darlings will never behave like that as teens.

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ssd · 16/05/2019 11:18

I agree with ledkr too, also I found a lot of friends split up when their kids became teens and moved away so my close circle of primary school friends sort of disappeared

Please keep the teens board MNHQ

MadisonAvenue · 16/05/2019 11:16

Ledkr that is an excellent point. I found myself feeling very isolated whenever a problem occurred when it came to parenting my children as teens.

When they were younger there'd be other parents at playgroups, Tumbletots etc and the health visitor and then came the school gates and chatting there but once they've left primary school you've pretty much lost all of that. From a personal point of view, when our children were teens our friends were parents to much younger children so we didn't have them to discuss things with either.

ssd · 16/05/2019 11:12

Michael, surely there's lots of other sections on MN you could turn into one thing, there's loads of topics I can't imagine are much used?

Ledkr · 16/05/2019 10:59

Another point I'd like to make as a parent and professional dealing with parents of teens, is that we don't tend to mix with other parents as much as we did when we they were primary.
Due to not being at the school gate and being back at work etc.
This less opportunity to share experiences and feel a little less isolated.
I feel a little better when I realise other people are experiencing the same issues, as do my clients.

KelpianCasserole · 16/05/2019 10:50

Another voice for keeping the teens board. Parents of teens need all the support they can get and there isn't much out there

MNHQ
MichaelMumsnet · 16/05/2019 10:37

Thanks for all the comments. It's just a proposal at the moment - we looked at the data and the section seemed fairly quiet. But we're absolutely not doing anything without talking to the people who post in the group. And if you want to keep the group and it's super-useful, then I'm sure we'll slowly back off.

SolitudeAtAltitude · 16/05/2019 08:39

Parenting teens is very different from parenting primary aged kids!

Having a separate teen section means we do not get too many parents of perfectly behaved 6 yr olds telling us how to apply their superior parenting skills to our teens GrinGrinGrin (they don't have a clue...)

Seeline · 16/05/2019 07:36

Teenagers need their space.
Teenagers need understanding.
Teenagers need the support of peers.

They do not need their annoying baby cousins, or younger siblings barging into their bedroom uninvited.

Please keep their board separate too.

Madhairday · 16/05/2019 07:31

Why would you do this MNHQ? If the boards were merged posts would get lost and not responded to, or only responded to by parents without experience of teens as said by pp. Terrible idea, please keep - I often read through and find it helpful, but I wouldn't want to trudge through posts and posts about nappies and weaning and toddler tantrums. That life is well and truly passed...
Please keep!

Thunderpunt · 16/05/2019 07:22

Please keep

AmericanHousewifeFan · 16/05/2019 00:36

Please keep the teens section separate. I don't post much but I do look at existing threads all the time. They would get lost in a mixed section.

markingplace · 16/05/2019 00:04

Please keep the teenage board separate, it's a lifeline for so many of us. I'm past the baby, very young children age and the teenage tread is the single most valuable tread to me in all my mothering experience.

AlexaShutUp · 15/05/2019 23:54

Agreed!

SmellNO · 15/05/2019 23:52

I really don't think that merging 'Teenagers' with 'Parenting' is going to get a thread more helpful responses.
It'll either get completely lost or have posts from parents who don't have teenagers.

applesarerroundandshiny · 15/05/2019 23:47

Have posted on the other thread - wont repeat but please keep teenagers board separate

WheresTheCoffee · 15/05/2019 23:38

I agree, please keep it!

MrsScrubbingbrush · 15/05/2019 23:36

I know teenagers can act like overgrown toddlers but they really need their own section.

TrixieFranklin · 15/05/2019 23:19

@MichaelMumsnet

Whoops75 · 15/05/2019 23:16

Agree 100%

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TheSmallAssassin · 15/05/2019 23:15

Please don't get rid of the teenager section. I was only thinking today that I've learnt so much from it. Value per visit is much higher than other boards, so please don't just go on raw traffic or number of posts.

citykat · 15/05/2019 23:11

Save the teenagers section!

Waterandlemonjuice · 15/05/2019 23:02

Just adding my vote for not merging the teenager board.

gleegeek · 15/05/2019 23:00

Please please keep the Teens board. It's been invaluable help as I've been navigating the teenage years as a parent. It's so different to parenting a younger child, I wouldn't want to have to scroll through the weaning/terrible twos/first day at school threads to find age appropriate help.
It would be a huge mistake to merge them IMO.

Ilovetolurk · 15/05/2019 22:59

Teens/tweens/young adults possibly

Younger than that not somuch

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