to be annoyed my mum let 3 yr old ds watch last night's Eastenders?

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She babysat while we went out to view a house. Ds very unusually didn't settle to sleep so she brought him downstairs (all perfectly reasonable so far). But then because she didn't want to miss the Danielle/Ronnie drama she watched it while he was sitting with her. First thing he said when he woke up this morning was a lady was on top of a car and everyone was really sad. When I mentioned it this morning she said "I did wonder if it wasn't really appropriate"

Gosh, I'd be annoyed too
I watched last night's episode and was crying buckets I wouldn't have let my DS's (5 and 3 yrs old) watch it.

YANBU! My parents watch Casulty in front of my DDs (7 and 3) and then they come home and have nightmares! Drives me bananas.

yeah I don't plan to say anything as she was doing us a favour but still feel grrrrrrrrrr. He doesn't watch any grown up tv at all, I don't ahve it on during the day except for kids stuff

I'm only happy to let my mum babysit now she's got skyplus
cos she's the same.......won't miss the soaps for anything.

I would be very cross. My mum gets annoyed when I send the children out of the room when she is watching the soaps, but I don't want them watching that stuff.
I think you should set down some ground rules with your mum about that sort of thing. My mum doesn't babysit, but she comes to stay for a couple of weeks at a time so I just keep the children out of the way when she is watching her soaps.

...some episodes are prob ok, but last nights eastenders was not appropriate- maybe she should have put your daughters needs before her own- afraid i would have to point it out.......

And another thing....
What really annoys me is that she was so fecking strict about what WE watched when we were children!

...as i said, point it out (or tell her she can have the kids overnightmore often and deal with their nightmares after watching innappropriate stuff!!) that'll stop her

most 3 years old don't sit and watch grown up programes, i would think they would find it preety bloody boring, it was prob just on whilst he was there -bit different

jumpingbeans, you'd be surprised how much adults crying and shouting at each other has caught my DD's attention when Emmerdale or one of the others starts up when I move to leave my mums house sometimes. DD is fascinated.

annoying and not appropraite but guess your mum was doing you a favour

and casulty is usually on after 8pm so i would have thought children would have been in bed at 7 and 3

agree it might catch their attention, but sit and watch it, come on, I can just about understand some of the storylines myself

I'd be annoyed if any of my relatives watched the shite...

YANBu

eastenders was atrocious last night. Such garbage. AND SO MUCH INTERMINABLE SHOUTING

it's the shouting and wailing that worried me. That's why I never watch the garbage daytime tv shows while the children are around. He seems totally unaffected tbh other than mentioning it this morning. He is a real square eyes, if the tv is on he watches it so I'm sure he just sat absorbed. It is really unusual for him to be awake after 7pm so is unlikely to happen when she babysits in the future.,

YANBU in not wanting DS to see it, there's always some shouting and shoving in EE, not nice viewing for children.

LO's 3 & 22 mths don't watch much TV so are magnetised to it if it's on, doesn't matter if it's just the channel selection screen!! (Maybe I should let them watch it more?! LOL). I turn it off or send them out if it's a soap or drama - only let them watch Deal or No Deal, renovation & house sale type programs (bore them out of the room ). If they do get a quick glimpse of something I just get creative with the answer - they don't need the truth, the whole truth and nothing but at 3.

However, as it's not a regular thing, I'm sure he'll live through it