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AIBU?

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To think Sports Relief should think about their audience

20 replies

Socksdroppedonthestairs · 23/03/2018 20:23

It's 8.15. A lot of children are watching. I'm watching with my 9 year old dd. I don't want her knowing about women being hit around the head with a hammer and raped. I turned over so not sure what else was said but it seems a bit early in the programme for the really heavy stuff. AIB over protective to shield her from this stuff?

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StayPositiveOk · 23/03/2018 20:29

I didn't see that bit. Was wondering if a Sport Relief thread was up. Was was that tiny toddler Ramtu(?) wearing a headscarf? She's just a baby.

WallisFrizz · 23/03/2018 20:32

I also asking £10-£20 from the average person is loads!

NewYearNewMe18 · 23/03/2018 20:35

1 in 5 of her class mates will live in a home with some level of domestic abuse. Many of them will be abused themselves. Some of them will listen to their mothers being raped nightly.

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/domestic-abuse/domestic-abuse-facts-statistics/

crumbsinthecutlerydrawer · 23/03/2018 20:35

I don’t know. I used to watch it all as a kid, not sport relief it wasn’t around then but comic relief etc.

Those clips are what it’s all about though. Saying that my ds is in tears here about the poor girl who was bullied, he wasn’t over that before the next clip about the girl who died on the road giving birth.

It’s an opportunity for us to talk about how lucky we are.

WithTwoGiantBoys · 23/03/2018 21:06

And now they have women punching each other. Um.

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Socksdroppedonthestairs · 23/03/2018 21:11

I agree that children need to know how lucky they are and that not everyone is as lucky as them. That's one of the reasons I put it on for my dd. But there's a line between that and learning about rape and horrific abuse at 9. Yes, some children learn about that in the worst way much younger than that but my dd hasn't and i don't want her to learn about it just yet.

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WallisFrizz · 23/03/2018 21:21

I loved the boxing.

Allthebestnamesareused · 23/03/2018 21:32

I thought you were going to mention that most of their target audience are watching the England football match on the other side!

expatmigrant · 23/03/2018 21:55

Don't think it does our kids any harm to see a bit of the realities of life even at age 9. My DC lived and travelled in third world countries and it has made them very aware of the conditions some families have to live in through no fault of their own and with no change in sight. You do have the choice to switch channels. My DC had no choice, because my DP and I decided to live and travel in these countries. Living in Asia & Africa for quite a few years we have seen things we can never unsee.
Wallis you don't have to donate £10 or £20, you can go online and donate any amount you want or you can just throw a quid into a collection bucket. Every £1 donated will be worthwhile.
I love the boxing too but wanted Camilla to win because she worked in Landmine disposal, which they sadly did not mention.

theredjellybean · 23/03/2018 21:58

Anyone hitting each other around the head in the name of sport is enough to have me turning off.

alibongo5 · 23/03/2018 21:58

women punching each other

It's called boxing and it's a sport, for Sport Relief, even if you don't like it. And why say that about women - they had men "punching each other" too.

WithTwoGiantBoys · 23/03/2018 22:17

I switched off at the women punching each other so didn't see the men. For me it just jarred horribly with the piece about domestic violence.

Bundlesmads · 23/03/2018 22:32

1 in 5 of her class mates will live in a home with some level of domestic abuse. Many of them will be abused themselves. Some of them will listen to their mothers being raped nightly.

Yes, and it’s a horrid thing for a child to hear. Which is why it shouldn’t have been on before 9pm.

Littlechocola · 23/03/2018 22:35

But what did she see/hear?

The word rape?

Fruitcorner123 · 23/03/2018 22:39

I thought this after watching coronation street last week. I used to watch Corrie at age 8/9 the male rape storyline is not appropriate for before the watershed.

I didn't see sport relief but agree OP this would have haunted me at that age. I also think showing boxing alongside a domestic violence storyline is wrong but then I hate boxing full stop.

AllPizzasGreatAndSmall · 23/03/2018 23:01

1 in 5 of her class mates will live in a home with some level of domestic abuse. Many of them will be abused themselves.

The statistics show 1 in 5 children have been exposed to domestic abuse - that doesn't mean every class across the country will have six children who have witnessed it.

Just5minspeace · 23/03/2018 23:07

This.. I just don’t see how aiming to hurt someone can be classed as ‘sport’...

honeyroar · 24/03/2018 00:16

I can't stand all these charity staged events where multi millionaires try and persuade normal people to donate. It's a farce. This morning on the Breakfast show they had presenters doing zip wires down th bbc buildings for sport relief - we were thinking why not send them for a run and put the money for the zip wire and other elaborate stunts they had going on into the charity total??

MissionItsPossible · 24/03/2018 09:36

The time I saw irrelevant isn’t it? Rape is talked about at any time during the day on TV, should it be relevant. You’re not being over protective by not wanting her to be hearing about these kind of things but if this is an argument about the watershed then I think you are wrong about that.

80sMum · 24/03/2018 09:43

Ooh, was Sport Relief on last night? Hooray!! I didn't watch any TV yesterday, so I missed it.

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