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There are waaaaaaaaaay too many topics now on MN and the worst offender is Special Needs

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moondog · 08/07/2009 18:58

We don't need all of these bloody sections.It worked fine as it was.
My concern is that people will miss valuable information.

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2shoes · 09/07/2009 18:48

Fio I just didn't get your post.
so glad you don't need the teen section, but I do.
it is hard to post about college, when people are talking about there little people starting school.

FioFio · 09/07/2009 18:09

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FigmentOfYourImagination · 09/07/2009 15:40

What is mumsnot ?

LadyOfWaffle · 09/07/2009 15:37

I do think mumsnot should go. And WWYD never really caught on, did it? People still use chat, or the topic relating to what the WWYD is about...

2shoes · 09/07/2009 15:29

???

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2shoes · 08/07/2009 22:50

no I have one, but she has cp so I get a bit stuck sometimes

pickyvic · 08/07/2009 22:49

the SEN teens section doesnt seem to get much traffic through tho does it? ive posted in there twice and not had much response, cant only be me, goblinchild and wetaugust with SNteens surely?

pickyvic · 08/07/2009 22:48

goblin...i needed cheering up - thankyou! x

Goblinchild · 08/07/2009 22:32

have you thought of microchipping him vic, like a hedgehog?
GPS capsule inserted as appropriate?

2shoes · 08/07/2009 22:28

I have posted even if it is out of my field

pickyvic · 08/07/2009 22:27

thanks for that goblinchild. im talking to myself. (no change there then!)

GypsyMoth · 08/07/2009 22:11

We need a divorce topic!!

Relationships section gets taken over. Especially at weekends.

Goblinchild · 08/07/2009 22:08

Pickyvic and I are chatting now in teens, anyone with any ideas about what she could do next would be welcome. Or have a peak into the possible future issues.

2shoes · 08/07/2009 22:05

KM it was needed(IMO) when you have an older child/teen it is hard to post alongside starting school threads, when you need to talk about college, it just gets lost(I know I tried) yet you can't post in teens as you would end up having to explain over and over about the sn.
IMO it is a section of the sn topic that will grow as posters dc's get older.

NotPlayingAnyMore · 08/07/2009 19:41

As you can hide topics/sections from active convos... what's that big problem???

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moondog · 08/07/2009 19:39

That is indeed the case, Fool.
SN is one of the best topics on MN and I just worry that this constant fragmenting leads people to miss out on stuff.

If other people wanted an SN Teens section, I'm glad they got it though and hope they find it helpful.

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TheFool · 08/07/2009 19:16

she never said SN was shite!

She said there were too many sections and people will get lost in it.

Why is it that you can say that about any other section, but dare to utter anything about SN not being perfect and it is suddenly taken as picking on SN?

LyraSilvertongue · 08/07/2009 19:16

Health has also recently been split into many subsections hasn't it? It used to be under body and soul.

silverfrog · 08/07/2009 19:16

the SN section was changed after requests from parents of sn children (and teens especially).

they were the ones who said it wasn't working before (all parents, not just parents of teens), and so it has been changed ot make it easier for them.

I know you post a lot with very valuable advice, moondog, but i think the wishes of the parents who are looking for advice are more important. this is sounding really abrupt, and I do not mean to be (but am singing nursery rhymes with dd1 at the same time as typing, so am prob typing gibberish tbh)