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And post partum mothers are easy marks.:)
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Perhaps it could be a more general forum than "parents". I mean, I'd love a chance to gripe about all the silly people I see with children. But I'm not sure a whole forum is necessary.
Perhaps it could be called, "Pediatrics and Pets". There're a lot of dog lovers here, right? |
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In my opinion, the organization of threads into different topics and forums has always been highly informal. Topic drift and thread hijacking have always been facts of life in The Cellar. The lack of a parenting forum will not prevent those who are parents from raising any issues they have that they feel will benefit from airing here. The presence of a parenting forum would not attract new folks in large numbers, and anyone it did attract would probably be somebody who fit in with the rest of the place.
(Although I do wonder if the very fact that this is coming up means we have an older membership than we did back in the early 90s? I mean, obviously, those of us who were around then are now older. But is the Cellar population as a whole older?) |
I've only been around for 3 months actively, and my perception is that people are generally 25+ yrs old...the younguns seem to either lose interest, or get flamed out. the things we discuss are generally more mature topics, and when someone posts a bubblegum thread, it gets met with large doses of sarcasm and april references.
a parenting forum might bring more people that are initially interested in child rearing tips and topics, but they would also share many similar life experiences as the like aged child free members. I say it can't hurt, so why not? it's not NEEDED, but if more members are a desired result, it could only be a positive. IMO. I mean, who'd leave the cellar just because it included a forum that didn't interest them? |
Does someone want to put it up for a vote?
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Voting shall now commence.
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I do think it makes sense as a social approach in one's life. Be social 24x7 on your own terms; put a conversation on hold for a half day if you like; alt-tab to your workplace, or get up for nappy-change, nobody gets pissed at you for ignoring them.
I just don't think we should filter for any particular category of people. |
WTF. Throw it up and it will sink or swim. Nobody is forced to participate in it.:)
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Sure, we don't have to read that forum, but that's just my two cents. |
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