I agree with many of the posters above - gen parting should be that - general parenting - it can be discussionbs of various parenting issues

but we need a separate infant-preschool forum.

i am technically in "older kids" but my 6 year old's issues are very dis-similar with what is in there!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think general parenting should be titled "infants, toddlers and preschoolers"

Older Kids is misleading. The title should just be "elementary aged kids"

I think the responses would be more on target if those two forums had new names.

I agree with this. I was confused until I read the descriptions beneath the titles, and I suspect many of us don't read those descriptions even though we should!

+ another.

My mind says Older Kids would be about kids in middle school, not Kindergarteners. I think there is a Teens/Tweens forum, but to me, ages 15-16 is totally different than 11 and 12 years old.

Thanks for listening, Jeff.

DCUM became so easy for me the day I gave up going from forum to forum and just started at Recent Topics.

I agree that the names of the forums are misleading. General parenting should be just that - general - not babies / infants / preschoolers. And at 6, I still have a little kid, not an older kid, so I don't agree that fits. AS a parent of kids ranging from 6 down to newborn, I think there's a good reason to keep general parenting general, for those times when you want to ask a question that can really apply to any age group. Then for the specifics you could have the sub topics.

I think too many sub-topics, though, and you lose critical mass. I know it drives advertising and respect that's your income, but I think there are too many forums to navigate now.

That said, i was just about to post here and ask for another one. So I'll shut up now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think general parenting should be titled "infants, toddlers and preschoolers"

Older Kids is misleading. The title should just be "elementary aged kids"

I think the responses would be more on target if those two forums had new names.

I agree with this. I was confused until I read the descriptions beneath the titles, and I suspect many of us don't read those descriptions even though we should!

+1

Anonymous wrote:I think general parenting should be titled "infants, toddlers and preschoolers"

Older Kids is misleading. The title should just be "elementary aged kids"

I think the responses would be more on target if those two forums had new names.

I agree with this. I was confused until I read the descriptions beneath the titles, and I suspect many of us don't read those descriptions even though we should!

I think general parenting should be titled "infants, toddlers and preschoolers"

Older Kids is misleading. The title should just be "elementary aged kids"

I think the responses would be more on target if those two forums had new names.

OP here. As soon as I push submit, it hit me... You forgot the preschoolers! But yes, general parenting is really "infant through preschool" or "infant, toddlers, and preschool"

While I don't think there needs to be a pre-k subsection, the word "preschooler" should be added to "infants and toddlers." Otherwise you're in trouble, because it has been quite firmly established that on dcum, a 3yo is NOT a toddler. And the poor 4-year-olds..

There's a huge gap between infants and toddlers and (what I consider) older children. Maybe an intermediary "PreK-Elementary" board? But named more elegantly.

Jeff, you've said that General Parenting is for (very) young children.

Many moons ago, as a new user, I was confused by this. Why not call it what it is?

I LOVE the idea of an infant/toddler section!!!

I've thought about this and will continue to think about it. I'm not quite ready to make the change, though it is probably a good idea.

Just a thought... but now that there is an older kid and teen forum, what do you think about changing General Parenting to "Infants and Toddlers?" Now that I've graduated to Older Children, I feel like my issues get less traffic and interest because General Parenting is the "main forum" and the others are offshoots. General Parenting could even be a section with "Infants and Toddlers", "Older Children", and "Teens and Tweens" as subsections.