To not be particularly keen on the Radio 1 charts being on every sun teatime with DD8 an DS4

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My DH thinks its great. I'm not so sure. He wants to make sure our DD is not excluded from playground gossip by being out of touch. But I don't think she needs to listen to the charts every week to know what the latest One Direction song is (which seems to be the principal band talked about). And also (old fogey alert) I think some of it is too old for her and def too old for DS4... Is it just me? (cowering now )

We have started listening to it most weeks.

When I was a kid, my mum always called us for tea 10 minutes before the end of the chart so we never got to hear what was number 1. We always used to beg ask if we could have the radio on while we were eating but the answer was always no.

Total double standards because my Dad had the radio on every single Saturday tea time listening to Take the Floor (Scottish country dance music) and subjecting us to his music which we didn't particularly like.

So, because of this, we now have the charts on while we eat our tea on a Sunday and everyone enjoys it. Hooray!

Wasn't impressed with her comments today about David Guetta being old enough to be her dad and that the charts are not just for young people these days. If he was 75 I might understand her a little better but he's 45!!!

Song lyrics have always been unsuitable, and DCs have always sung them without understanding them.

I'd have happily sung relax with out a clue what it meant if the huge fuss hadn't encouraged me to find out🌎

What the blue blazes,

Hark at all you lot sounding like your mothers.

Turn that bloody row off.

My DP makes me listen to Smooth radio in the car.

OP how old are your children? Nothing wrong with developing a critical ear IMO.
My own DD age 14 listens to Elaine Paige on Sunday without fail every week. She'll never keep up with playground gossip.....unless people want to know what the next new west end show is.......

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Just read thread title.....duuuuurrrrr.

YANBU. I doubt I ever heard the charts until I was at least 11 - this was not the sort of thing listened to in my parents' house! And I certainly was never bullied for it, I had plenty of friends.

I don't think there's any harm in it per se, but this kind of tripe is not the sort of thing I'd make a habit of introducing my children to at that age.

Yabu!

When I was growing up it was tradition to have the charts on while we had sunday tea.

We sometimes have it on now, DS is 6 and DD is 4. I listen to Radio 4 in the mornings but I refuse to get out of touch so we listen to radio 1 in the car. They are not allowed to watch music channels though, I let them watch the odd video on You Tube once I've vetted it.

and for the record I don't fancy Harry Styles one bit, ahem

I know what he means to be honest. My mum and dad only ever listened to music when we were in the car and it was always 60s music (grew up in the 80s) and it did keep me apart from my peers a bit. I wouldn't force mine to listen to it but I'll definitely encourage them to keep an interest in things.

Great to see some good mixed opinions

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Now I understand, I tried to post an emoticon, sorry

sympathies oldendays I was subjected to a lot of R2 too and realise I did have rather a sheltered childhood/music exposure as a kid... hence aibu