I have to say I have begun putting the radio off when dd (3.5) is around. The news is full of rape, torture, murder etc, and the comedy programme full of swearing ... I don't want her to hear that stuff yet.
It is a shame- the radio was never off when I was a child- but content is much more prurient these days.

Not a Radio 4 listener but I was wondering something similar the other day when, at the 8 o'clock 'pips', ds (2.7) sang at the top of his voice 'BeeBeeCeeeeeeee...RADIO 2!'

Ooops, rather a disjointed post there NAK is distracting me.

Blimey, I hadn't expected so many replies

Glad the general option is that it's harmless I'd be a bit bored without it TBH. Not sure it makes me any thinner though!

I think I'm going to have to have a go at radio 7 - I've never committed adultery before. Anything to escape You and Yours (usually I have to subject myself to an hour of nursery rhymes) Winifred Robinson is bad enough but John Waite really gets my goat.

Anyway, DPs point was that it's not good to subject children to all then negativity in the world so young. I can see what he means but the radio isn't really as in your fae as TV. It's almost always realistic balanced(ish) coverage IMO and unfortunately the world isn't all roses and honey bees.

I grew up on radio 4 myself and I'm a bit geeky it didn't seem to do me any harm - not really a valid argument though... Mind you, I'm not sure that he hasn't got a point when it comes to older children but I'm pretty sure I was never unduly upset by R4 as a child.

You lot are lucky buggers, we are never allowed anything in the car apart from "the new Mary Poppins", Three Little Witches or some ELC Wheels on the Bus tape.

As soon as DD's eyes droop then the radio is straight back on.

I can remember school-run rebellions against Yesterday in Parliament. but no matter how hard we rebelled Dad never capitulated. I'm not sure why I found YIP so much worse than Today - but I definitely did. maybe I had an early-onset bullshit radar.

Radio 4 is ocnstantly on in our house / car. Why on earth could it be damaging (apart form You and yours)?

Sometimes embarrassed when frineds children sing along to pop songs and mine humms the Archers...

it doesn't do that to me, habs. <eats cake>

Hope you managed to dodge round the underwater bits. Spent part of the w/e rescuing fish from a puddle when the flooded river went down.

Passed your neck of the woods the other day, threadie. That's not middle England! Ver' nice, though.