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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.

OP posts:
pasanda · 15/05/2019 22:09

Please don't do this, such a bad idea!

The question is, will mnhq listen to the 100% unanimous verdict from the users/lurkers of the teenage board?

I bloody well hope so!

BrokenWing · 15/05/2019 22:09

Been on MN since 2004 and my ds is now a teenager! Please don't remove this board. I check/lurk here most days and post occasionally. There is usually a few posts everyday, not the busiest of boards but needed!

SimplySteveRedux · 15/05/2019 22:11

Please no, it serves an immensely important audience and fills a very specific niche.

strongswans · 15/05/2019 22:12

Please keep the teens section! Don't understand how merging them would work at all!

TheHobbitMum · 15/05/2019 22:13

I agree, it's important to have its own section

floraloctopus · 15/05/2019 22:13

Keep teenagers separate, it's a pain if you have to wade through posts about toddlers and babies to find the teenager stuff.

Blessthekids · 15/05/2019 22:16

Please keep the board separate, pretty sure new mums don't want to be faced with teenager problems when they are suffering from lack of sleep and teething issues!

ssd · 15/05/2019 22:18

I bet whoever made this suggestion doesnt have teenagers??

OhFFSMary · 15/05/2019 22:22

Another voice for please keep teens separate. It’s so utterly different from parenting a younger child, we need our own space to breathe and rant free from the judgment of the pre-teen parents. (Their time will come, oh yes, their time will come).

avenueq · 15/05/2019 22:24

Please don't do this - teens is one of the only topics I look at. I have been here since 2003 and one of the great things about MN is how you can move through the topics as your child grows. Please don't take that away!!!

madeyemoodysmum · 15/05/2019 22:24

Agree

Xeroxarama · 15/05/2019 22:25

Please don’t! It’s really useful to scroll through the teenage threads and they are totally separate to younger kids. There are so many other tiny boards and sub boards but this one is about actually parenting practice, unlike most others, and is active and really helpful

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/05/2019 22:27

Mine are all past the teenage years, but I agree with people on here that it makes no sense to lump teenagers in with toddlers, potty training, starting school and SATS.

JasperTheFriendlyGhost · 15/05/2019 22:28

Terrible terrible terrible idea

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 15/05/2019 22:28

I said it on the other post and I'll say it again. There is only one specific board for teens, and lots of niche boards for baby and toddler specific topics. Merge all of the baby ones into a generic baby topic, and toddlers/ primary school kids into age specific boards, but don't merge teens and keep the targeted specific boards. Like other posters, I don't want to read all about potty training when looking for teen questions. Or be patronised by parents of angelic babies who have no concept of dealing with a young adult.

DogsandBoysmeanMud · 15/05/2019 22:29

Totally agree. Nothing worse than parents of younger kids suggesting teens are all so simple if you just take their phones and keep them in the house!!

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/05/2019 22:31

@AndNoneForGretchenWieners is right - consolidate some of the topics for babies, toddlers and primary school age children, and leave the teenagers board.

woodcutbirds · 15/05/2019 22:32

I agree. Keep the teenage boards. There are loads of weird semi-defunct boards that can be culled but this is a parenting site and raising teens takes up a third of our entire parenting time - more if you count 19-year-olds.

OvertheInfluence · 15/05/2019 22:32

Ahh no. Now come on...
I as a mother of teenagers do not want to circumnavigate the world of naps, purees, finger foods and nappies and I'm sure those with babies don't need my patronising "it's just a phase" commentaries.
I honestly didn't get why parents were so despairing of teenage behaviour when mine were 18 months old. I really believed [hollow laugh] that good parenting would raise polite children.
I know better now but I cant be arsed explaining why a teenager grunting at you could be considered progress and so their really needs to be a separate area for us jaded mothers.

colouringinpro · 15/05/2019 22:32

I agree

MrsBlondie · 15/05/2019 22:32

Agreed. Please leave

Theimpossiblegirl · 15/05/2019 22:33

Please keep teens separate, MNHQ.
Everyone will pile in and threads will get derailed. It is completely different to parenting other age groups.

MintyCedric · 15/05/2019 22:33

Another Keep the Teens vote!

DramaAlpaca · 15/05/2019 22:34

Gretchen's idea is a really good one.

RandomlyChosenName · 15/05/2019 22:35

Not quite reached teenage years yet, but I would like to be able to read and post on a separate board when I do. The issues with teens need a specific section.