To think the Mumsnet forum is a bit broken?

[Fibbke]

I started a thread in Parenting about dd and her pmt. Not one single reply. You'd think the combination of periods, teenage girls and parenting would be one that would guarantee a reply or advice.

And yet AIBU is full of responses over the most trivial and daily mail type threads, lots of lovely posters but also a huge proportion of goady fuckers, drama llamas and over reaction.

Is this forum actually fit for purpose, or has it morphed into something more populist and Daily Mail comments section?

And, by the way, if anyone knows anything that might help 13 year old dd with her terrible pmt, I'd be very grateful.

The time of day you post does make a difference I’ve found. I think you’re more likely to get a response in the evening for a post about older children and teens because their parents are usually out at work. It’s the mum’s of babies and toddlers who are around during the day and unless they also have older children they’re not going to have the experience to post on teen issues.

If you’re that worried take her to the bloody doctor

That's unhinged - this is a parenting forum where parents should be able to ask questions about their children without being accused of being a massive perv.

But really what is there to say? Tell of our own PMT experiences and suggest you visit the GP - very dull fare.

And really OP how many threads have you not posted on because they didn't interest you? Teenage boy acne? Baby sleep problems? My dog's lost his bark?

There is help - see the specialist boards for help - and there is entertainment.

And why the Daily Mail? Do you read it? Or do you just accept the received virtue signalling wisdom that it is Evil?

A quick search gives many possibilities for PMT threads by the way

The herb, agnus castus, or chasteberry. See a herbalist for dosage.

If you didn't get replies you could try Chat. I do think the GP is better for medical problems than an internet forum though

Thanks janes.

spiderplant ive posted here for years under many names and I'll post on anything where i think i can give advice! Acne, dogs yup I've done the lot.

I think its the perfect forum to talk to other parents whose young teens have had similar. Or it should be. If it isnt, then it's broken.

I agree. I also agree that there are far too many different boards on here now too, which goes some way to explaining why many posts are missed.

Teenagers section is better for replies than parenting

Yes teenagers probably would have been better. Surely the first rule of site design is to make it easy for users to know where to post?

Tbh ive just discovered i can hide entire topics so I'll just hide AIBU and Chat and see if my experience improves!

Loving spiders argument that i shouldnt expect any replies because its a dull subject

And yet the penis beaker thread ran and ran Josephine

Again, if we can't talk about periods or our dds on a parenting forum (and actualy it was pmt, not details about flow and tampons ) then again, its broken.

The subforums are a mess, partly because they're so ridiculously divided.

I mean, who has the time to browse all the way into the deepest darkest nether regions of the site to find the topic they're interested in? IMO Digital Spy has a much better and smaller division of topics, and in spite of what seems like less activity, you're more likely to get a response on the subforums.

Cut the forums in half, and make it easier to see what people are posting about, and people will post more in the smaller forums.

AIBU, WWYD, Advice etc are all basically the same thing.

Op if you want advice about PMT look up Jan De Vries.

You posted on the wrong board, parenting doesn’t get much traffic.

Good grief! I can see your point Fibbke. You ask a legitimate question and get accused of being boring or a pervert! What on earth is the world of MN coming to?

Many years ago Evening Promrose Oil was recommended for PMT but I may be giving you old advice so think it may be best for your daughter to see GP. Hope things turn around for her-and you!

I dont think MN is broken I think its just as others have said it now attracts a load of very strange people.

Primrose not Promrose!

i don't think most people bother to look under diff subjects....
load of divs in AIBU.

re:PMT not what your DD will want to hear but sugar really exacerbates it. Starflower, Black Cohosh, evening primrose can help too x

"I started a thread in Parenting about dd and her pmt. Not one single reply. You'd think the combination of periods, teenage girls and parenting would be one that would guarantee a reply or advice."
I would probably have put it in either Children's Health or Women's Health forums. I suffered greatly with pain and pmt when young and the only thing that helped me was the contraceptive pill.

I can't comment on the forums morphing or being broken as I haven't been on MN for very long.

Thanks so much. Some great advice, a good point about the lurking pervs and another one about the design of digital spy. Faith slightly restored

There's a lot of colossal shite on AIBU, especially of the kind that actually, could be solved by google.

MN isn't broken because you didn't get what you wanted OP (which possibly could have been solved by google, I don't know). Chat might be better. Fewer attention-seeking types.

Try moving it to children's health page ?