We're merging some sections into the Parenting area

[MichaelMumsnet]

Hi all,
We’re doing some work on making the Talk boards more useful and user-friendly for both regular and new users. After looking at some stats for the site, we think we could boost activity on the whole by merging some of the lesser used sections.

We’re proposing to fold this section into the general Parenting area.

This should increase the number of topics in the section - and hopefully lead to more posts and responses to members.

Crazy idea - please don't!

Oh no, please don’t.

The dog and cat boards aren't merging and they are about as similar as toddlers and teenagers!!

Why on earth would you merge 'teenagers'? Really poor logic. Parents of teens have far too much to cope with and will just drop out of the forum. Seriously, this is a such badly thought out idea... I do wonder sometimes who you employ to come up with solutions and if they have the necessary life experience required to thoroughly know the ramifications of their decisions. It all hints of being a bit disconnected from the reality of bringing up teens.

It's no even that quiet on this board!

Please don’t. It makes no sense.

Next it will be ttc and teens

Oh crikey. I actually came on tonight to look for a teenager section! (Current teenage situation is very trying)

Please please don't

How is there a fish topic yet you're getting rid of the "teenagers" topic on a parenting website?

An algorithm decided this, no human could be that stupid!

There are plenty of less busy topics that aren't being combined. Why choose this one?

Surely on a parenting website, you can afford to have sections for the different ages. slimming world and weight watchers have their own topics. And there are topics for Wimbledon and the World Cup. They could be merged, weaning and infant feeding. They could be merged.

Please keep the teen section.

Bad move MNHQ. I’ve been looking for teen-specific advice several times and it’s reassuring to know where to look. I’ll no doubt need advice again in the future- please leave it as it is!

Another teenager section fan here. Makes it really easy to see the posts I want! It's not the busiest of boards but still regular posts.

Parenting teens is totally different to younger children, and presents a completely different set of issues and it’s also very difficult at times.
It helps to have people to talk to who are all in the same boat, please don’t merge these boards

Maybe parents of teens aren't lucrative enough for the existing advertisers, but I find this section very helpful, I think we are a valuable section of mumsnet.

Teenagers is the only 'parenting' section I read. Very bad idea. Presume there will be a u-turn on this one?

Yes there's all s of weird topics here, when I scroll through them all I can't believe some of them even exist.

Combine teens and tweens at a push

Beyond that, shortsighted

Noooooo please don't!!!!

Please don’t, it won’t make it easier for anyone!!!

Please keep 'Teens' separate - it's completely different world of parenting.

If there's room for 'yoga', 'tattoos', 'rural living' and 'fishnet' surely there's room for 'Teens'.

Please keep teens separate, parenting teens is an utterly different experience from parenting a pre-teen. We need a space where we can talk about the difficulties without feeling judged by those who haven’t got there yet....

Another who finds this topic very useful - please reconsider this.