# What are "child forums"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100 "2008-01-11T07:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/1 "2008-01-11T07:07:37Z")
I see this when I search asking if I want to include child forums. Is there one place where children post, or are there places children are not allowed to read? I really hope it is the latter. I have been here for long enough and should know, but never seen this asked. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/2 "2008-01-11T07:28:35Z")
So close and so far. You can see that we have child forums, but didn’t want to waste that two minutes on a search eh? Here yah go. > **[We have childrens forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=426143)** > > When you do an advanced search you can select which forum you want searched and there’s a box with a check mark in it that says “Also search in child forums”. Is there a Dope Jr out there somewhere that I’m unaware of? > **[What would child forums look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=370814)** > > I’m curious. > **[What is a "child forum"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239344)** > > I notice in the search there is a “search child forums”. What are they? And “hoo boy!” Since I know you share my taste for the odd: > **[Penises & underage posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=155000)** > > There is a topic started by D\_Master where he states that he is 12 years old. The topic is: How big should a penis be? But my question is, should we even be talking to him about sexual subjects like this? URL: ... ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/3 "2008-01-11T07:42:27Z")
Thanks, you got me. I was looking for child forums on the search instead of “child forums” as a search. Thanks for the last link. 😃 SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/4 "2008-01-11T17:23:28Z")
Well, when a mommy forum and a daddy forum love each other very much… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/5 "2008-01-11T17:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Well, when a mommy forum and a daddy forum love each other very much… [/QUOTE] That joke is in one of the links, in fact you probably made it the first time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/6 "2008-01-11T17:26:48Z")
This board isn’t set up with child forums (unless they are invisible to non-mods). A child forum is a sub-forum related to the parent forum. Some board are set up that way; you could have a forum for geography, and child forums for individual countries, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-child-forums/433100/7 "2008-01-11T17:34:18Z")
A child forum is a subforum of a main forum, devoted to a particular common category of discussion that might be a part of the main forum’s general area. For example, you might have: -Great Debates —Debates on American Politics —Debates on Religion or Cafe Society —Book Discussions —Movie Discussions SDMB has always adopted a spare, broad-based structure rather than a multiplicity of special-interest subforums. I think they’re wise.