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.

Thank you MN for keeping the teenagers board.

And yes to moving threads to the correct section, I am another one that gets irrationally annoyed at the lazy and or attention seeking posts in AIBU. AIBU was supposed to be a place to settle arguments not "AIBU to ask you tell me what to cook for dinner" and other shite.

im confused. so they are merging teens into the parenting topic?
thats how it reads to me.
followed the link and its all about babies!!

They were doing that but now they aren't.

But micheal said they are folding this topice into the parenting topic, then linked to baby stuff

He linked to the Parenting topic. Which just happens to have baby related threads at the top.

((blush)) I get where I went wrong now. ignore me

Yes I agree massively teen needs it's own section and I'm glad it is staying.

Parenting teens can be very hard. In my personal experience of people I know dealing with teens they are dealing with issues such as self harm, underage sex, anxiety, smoking and drugs and child to parent aggression.

I know other stages are hard but I would hate for posts like that to get lost amongst posts about nappies and potty training.

Excellent thank you.

And just to echo a previous poster having parents or babies and toddlers helpfully handing out advice on how to handle out teens (not counting those with prof experience) was not going to end and would probably have stopped those posters who needed help getting it.

Perhaps some of the teenage- related threads in other places should be moved into teenagers

When they were thinking about merging the Teenage board, I reported a couple of AIBU threads and suggested they be moved to Teens. MNHQ said they don't usually move threads unless the OP requests it. They should change their policy and get shifting "for traffic" posts promptly to the right board.

Think I've posted on wrong thread!