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Message boards

Welcome to the message boards

Have you got something to say, or want to ask a question? The message board is the place to share information and experiences with other young people, and find out what other people think.

You can share your worries or ask questions about abuse, bullying, exam stress, self harming, feeling low, family, school and friends. There are also parts of the message board you can use for fun stuff and if you would like to post a poem you've written, that would be great too!

Our list of message boards

House Rules

Before you use the message boards, read the house rules to find out how the message boards work.

Suggest a topic

If there's a topic that you'd like to see added to the message board, let us know here.

Accessibility

We want to make sure everyone can access the information provided on this site

We've put together a few tips and help for you. Please send us a message if you can't find what you're looking for. Or you have a suggestion of something we could include.

Using the keyboard instead of the mouse
As well as using the tab key to navigate through the screen, the ChildLine website has special access keys:

Alt+S = skip navigation
Alt+1 = home
Alt+0 = accessibility information.

Is the text size too large or too small?
You can change your text settings through your browser options:

In Internet Explorer, go to View > Text size and select your desired text size setting (eg, larger, smaller).

In Firefox, go to View > Text size and increase/decrease using Ctrl and + or -

If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, you can hold down Ctrl and scroll back or forth to increase or decrease the font size in both IE and Firefox.

Changing your computer screen settings
To change the size of the image shown on your screen on a PC running Windows 95 and upwards, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Settings and change the desktop area by using the sliding bar.

On an Apple Mac, you can use the Monitor & Sound Control Panel to change the resolution.

Having difficulty with your keyboard or mouse?
You can fine-tune your mouse and keyboard settings under Start > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility in Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP.

Skipping navigation for talking browsers and screen readers
For speech browsers, you can press Alt and S followed by Enter to skip navigation on our pages.

The site is W3C level AA compliant.

 

Help

Message boards

The message boards are the place where you can talk to other ChildLine users and chat about issues. If you want to read the messages, you can click on the topic you want to read about below.  If you want to post a message you have to sign up to use the ChildLine website, or log in if you have already signed up. 

All posts to the message boards are moderated before they are posted, so your post won't appear immediately.  We will let you know if it can't be posted for any reason, by sending you a message to your personal inbox which is in your locker.