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RTKangaDYSONMummy · 14/03/2008 13:03

PLEASE READ THIS THREAD

In KIDSNET we could let them use our names and say at the beginning of the thread that they are our DS or DD and they are 8 or 12 or whatever then we would know they weren't trolls iyswim

Rather than them using their own names to log on with cos then someone else could pretend to be them iyswim

Like KANGABOY could be logged on using my name cos if he logged on under kangaboy then someone could also pretensd to be him

The children could choose their own names when the thread has statered but the name on the thread stays the same as the adult

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2shoes · 15/03/2008 18:04

you would only get little people useing it as older dc's would most likely prefer msn.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 12:41

Thanks Maureen..

MaureenMLove · 15/03/2008 12:33

Well, how about this then. Ask the posters you are familiar with, to put their lo's on MSN. That way they can have their own little community on there. You can still monitor it, they can still all talk together and if you don't recognise a use name, you can not add them to their 'friends' list.

I do see where your coming from, really I do. Maybe MN should make a spin off site! Trouble with that though, is you will get trolls, just like you do on here, only possibly worse.

Well, its marked up as a topic for the next board meeting, so maybe, with Tech, they can come up with a good solution.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 12:18

I agree Maureen, but surely it's not impossible.
I've met people on here I like, who have children similar to mine who I think they would like. Surely there has to be a way to connect them as well.

Ceolas · 15/03/2008 12:16

definitely not

MaureenMLove · 15/03/2008 12:12

I know you personally can't do it, but I'm just trying to explain why logisically it would be a nightmare.

HumphreysCorner · 15/03/2008 11:58

No, it is bad enough that I caught my DH reading my messages.

HC
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ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:58

I can't make their own section Maureen, that's why I've put it to MNHQ!
and the reason I'd like it connected to here, is that this is a site I use, with people I talk to regularly, so I can keep a close eye on what they are doing/talking about rather than sticking them on a site I have no idea about

SorenLorensen · 15/03/2008 11:56

Even if it was a separate section (and it would have to be - there is no way I would let my dcs loose on the rest of the site; I wouldn't even want them reading some of the thread titles) it would have to be heavily moderated. Plus, it would possibly have to be separated into age groups. I think it would be a logistical nightmare.

MaureenMLove · 15/03/2008 11:55

We are listening Ingles, but if its in their own section, it may as well be another site. How would you make their own section, so that they couldn't get onto anywhere else? I thought the whole point of this site, was that it was child free. (with the odd exception when a child wants to say thanks for homework help!) It just seems a bit daft, when there's hundreds of other sites that they could be on.

hercules1 · 15/03/2008 11:53

No, no, no.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:51

Is nobody listening to a word I say!
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THEIR OWN SECTION!

aGalChangedHerName · 15/03/2008 11:41

Christ i spend all week with my dc and my mindees. The last thing i would want are my dc on here. They have plenty of their own sites etc to do. I only have this one and i'd far rather it stayed that way!!!

MaureenMLove · 15/03/2008 11:35

But the whole point of Mumsnet is that its child free. I know we have dadsnet and gransnet, but its still all adult. Half the reason we come on here is to get away from children talk.

I wouldn't want it personally.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:25

Thanks for your valid comment Beau
Maybe you should read the thread!

BeauLocks · 15/03/2008 11:20

You'd really allow your child access to this site? I'm shocked.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:19

Thanks Abby

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AbbyMumsnet · 15/03/2008 11:18

I'll flag this up at next meeting, but (IMO) don't think it a good idea for kids to be let loose on here. Would need separate section.

roisin · 15/03/2008 11:15

DS1 (10) is part of a 'closed site' accessible only to registered school children, it is also fully moderated, and emails are screened for certain words. It is therefore pretty safe and I'm happy for him to use it.

I wouldn't be happy for him to post on an open chatroom site like this.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:13

sorry that's change not chance..

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:13

and how would it chance the ethos of the site?
If you don't want to be involved would you really be aware that some kids are talking between 6-8 on a fri night?

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:09

erm.. that's why they'd need their own section.

ingles2 · 15/03/2008 11:08

well for exactly the same reason that MN is important to me! Because we live in the middle of nowhere and they go to a teeny tiny school. I think it would be great for them to have a chance (policed by me!) to meet other people, just as I have.

S1ur · 15/03/2008 11:08

Sensible answer, because there is stuff on these boards that is inappropriate for minors.

Both in content, language, perspective of the world and personal information about adults in their lives.

So.

No NO NO

moopymoo · 15/03/2008 11:06

i guess it depends on the age. ds1 my 10 year old certainly could. ds2 would be instantly bored here.

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