Should we have a new discussion page for early parents?

[EDmummy]

Just a thought but there seems to be a distinct difference of questions from parents of new born-toddlers as opposed to those of older children. Does anyone feel that we (parents of school age children) feel like they would like a separate section?

[Family Room Moderator]

As nice as this would be, I doubt that Admin would have the time/resources to do this. For now I think we'll have to make do with one Family Room - it wasn't that long ago that we were lumped in with the main discussion boards, thank goodness we got a separate room!

[sillywoman]

I have wondered about this myself (as a parent of teens, but with a professional interest in new baby stuff), but I can see that it'd be more admin work. We're a victim of our own success really. I wonder why the forum format works so well here in ED, but less well in other seemingly similar places?

A whole other thread I know . . .

[Otta]

We've all clearly got too much time on our hands.

I get why you'd want a separate section, but then the new parents who need your advise and support, through scary times, would lose out.

[snowboarder]

I kind of like hearing the stuff about older kids too - helps give some sense of perspective!!

Can get that all the baby stuff could be tedious though for others...

[hellosailor]

If you're not particularly interested in a thread or you don't feel it's relevant to you don't have to click on it, after all?

I don't think we really need different sections for different ages, we can all exercise our own choice over which threads we open surely? I don't often open ones about secondary school admissions, for example, (apart from to scare myself) as my little one is still a baby, but I'm glad they're there, so I can dip in when I want to.

And as Otta says, sometimes it's incredibly useful for people with younger babies to have advice and hear the stories of those with older children, that's part of the joy of the family room!

[EDmummy]

Family Room Moderator Wrote:

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> As nice as this would be, I doubt that Admin would

> have the time/resources to do this. For now I

> think we'll have to make do with one Family Room -

> it wasn't that long ago that we were lumped in

> with the main discussion boards, thank goodness we

> got a separate room!

Thought it might be a long shot Admin but thanks for your reply.

I don't think that parents of older children would stop reading and offering advice for those with younger kids if there was a separate section and equally, parents of younger children could still 'scare' themselves with the long journey ahead by reading about problems experienced by those with older children. Perhaps we just need to bump posts about older children a little so they don't get drowned out to Page 2 too quickly.

Anyway, no use debating this any longer as Admin has spoken!

[Fuschia]

I think that's a good idea, keeping those posts alive