Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I accidentally clicked on explicit forum and WOW. It seems a bit strange to me that all of us are posting about our children, pregnancies, schools, etc right alongside people who are posting that drivel in explicit? I'm no prude but some of that stuff is really out there and crude. Seems like a strange forum to add to a parenting website.
Parents have sex (sometimes boring, sometimes wild & crazy). That is the whole premice of becoming a parent.
Have you actually SEEN that forum? We're not talking about just normal or adventurous marital sex. And it seems like a lot of those folks are single/hook ups.
LOL, nope! I post HERE anonymously, and there I use a screen name. Complete with links to some pictures! Married with kids =)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I accidentally clicked on explicit forum and WOW. It seems a bit strange to me that all of us are posting about our children, pregnancies, schools, etc right alongside people who are posting that drivel in explicit? I'm no prude but some of that stuff is really out there and crude. Seems like a strange forum to add to a parenting website.
Parents have sex (sometimes boring, sometimes wild & crazy). That is the whole premice of becoming a parent.
Have you actually SEEN that forum? We're not talking about just normal or adventurous marital sex. And it seems like a lot of those folks are single/hook ups.
Anonymous wrote:I accidentally clicked on explicit forum and WOW. It seems a bit strange to me that all of us are posting about our children, pregnancies, schools, etc right alongside people who are posting that drivel in explicit? I'm no prude but some of that stuff is really out there and crude. Seems like a strange forum to add to a parenting website.

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just my opinion but that sex forum should be locked away from public eyes and have a log in type thing there.
Ive seen this done in other forums, a section only visible to members who request access.
"Locked away" - Sounds so prudish. What's the point of "locking it away from public eyes" when all you have to do is not go there if it offends you? It doesn't show up on Recent Topics, it doesn't come up in forum search, what's the point of locking it up?
Yeah, I don't really know why Jeff includes it. I guess it probably increases his clicks significantly for advertising money.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just my opinion but that sex forum should be locked away from public eyes and have a log in type thing there.
Ive seen this done in other forums, a section only visible to members who request access.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't really know why Jeff includes it. I guess it probably increases his clicks significantly for advertising money. But it seems to detract from the brand of DCUM as a family site, if that has any revenue value. I guess DCUM in general was always not really family friendly at heart, however!
Families are the product of sex. Sex (hopefully!) takes place throughout the period of the marriage.
We don't talk about it enough. I don't read through the explicit forum, but I hope they're talking about the importance of making time for physical intimacy once you become a parent. That's a hard adjustment, and there's not a lot of information out there.
I'm surprised there isn't more discussion of sex ed for children in the General Parenting section. My kids are early school age. What's a good starting point for discussion? What about people with teens and tweens? The "talk"? Sending kids off to college? Birth control for minors? Teaching teens about self love? First boyfriends and girlfriends, how do parents manage our anxiety?
The idea that a "family site" has no room for sex is a big problem. Issues like potty-training, breastfeeding, and STTN have shown what a marvelous resource we can be for one another. I, for one, am not interested in your shaming.
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't bother me that folks from explicit post here unless they forget where they are. But otherwise, how would I know? Why would I care?
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't really know why Jeff includes it. I guess it probably increases his clicks significantly for advertising money. But it seems to detract from the brand of DCUM as a family site, if that has any revenue value. I guess DCUM in general was always not really family friendly at heart, however!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just my opinion but that sex forum should be locked away from public eyes and have a log in type thing there.
Ive seen this done in other forums, a section only visible to members who request access.