Can we have ages instead of school years?

[LadyoftheMercians]

I have no idea how old a year 11 child is? And therefore no clue on of they should be allowed a phone in their room overnight.

Inspired by a thread, not necessarily a TAAT

When i first joined MN, back in the dark ages when it was all fields around here and so on, I spent some time learning the etiquette and posting style.

DD 3 meant 3rd daughter.
DD (3) meant 3 year-old daughter.

I'm not sure why people decided to stop using the accepted style which everyone understood.

I think people just post, I don't think they spend time learning the expected style.
This why i think you should not be allowed to start threads until you have posted on another thread. Another forum I am on does this as it encourages people to learn the etiquette.

I used to use DS (3) but now that they are DS15 and DS18, I am hoping people have worked it out.

I never use "D" for anything. It's so twee.