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DAB TEEN/ TEEN FORUM?
i realize that there is a kids DAB and such but as a 16 year old i sometimes would like some other pubescent humanoids to speak with.

yah, i got a little sciencey
maybe i'm the only teen on this site?
maybe not?
but i think it would be cool to at least have a teen section :)
Bella Lewis 01/24/2010 22:03

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Brian Hardin 01/24/2010 22:17
I don't think you're the only one. In fact I know you're not. So here's the deal. All pubescent humanoids rise up and respond here and if there's enough to make a forum we'll do it. I KNOW there are enough of you in the DAB community at large I just don't know if there are enough of you that will hang on the forums. Speak up!
Bella Lewis 01/24/2010 22:28
SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY!
Jenn 02/01/2010 22:24
Hey Bella - I am not a teen, but I have two teens...is anything happening with this? :):)
Bella Lewis 02/01/2010 22:26
not unless any other teens speak up on the post lol :) lol
Brian Hardin 02/01/2010 23:31
If there seems to be enough actual teen interest we'll do this. I know there are a lot of teens here at the DAB I just don't know that they are on the forums as much. I know the teens here participate in the general conversations but lets see if there is enough interest in an actual teen forum.

Hey teens. It's up to you.
Faith 02/02/2010 18:09
Bella! I'm 16 too! and by the way....puberty....awkward word and awkward phase. :) but that's ok teenagers are awkward a lot anyways.
Penelope 02/12/2010 07:01
I'm wondering if this is one of those "which came first, the chicken or the egg" scenarios.

It could be that there hasn't been much response from the DAB teens because they came to the forums...didn't find anything that "spoke" to them here...and so just never bothered to return. Or it could be that they're just not interested in having a Teens Forum.

May I make a tentative suggestion? Although I know that teens are often times volatile, insecure, self-centered in a lot of ways, easily misunderstood, and easily mistaken, and that having a forum specifically for them could possibly be opening a huge can of worms (I love you guys! Really! I do!!! It's just that I've had 5 teenagers, and 7 if you count my niece (who is the daughter I never had) and my best friend's daughter who refers to me as her "girly mom", plus I remember being a teenager myself!), could we start one and see how it goes? If there's no activity or interest, or it turns into a huge mess of hurt feelings and raging hormones, then it can be removed.

I have an abundance of faith in our teens, though (specifically because of those who have posted here, already) and have a feeling that if a forum is started specifically for them, amazing things can and will happen!

Just a thought...

Love you guys!
tara 02/12/2010 21:50
We just changed the college forums to include high schoolers as well. Faith is heading up a teen forum within that category. We'll see how it goes!
simple heart 02/13/2010 16:04
This is great. My daughter is 14 and was to old for kids DAB and needed something for those her age. She will be happy !!