[Tozzie]

Originally Posted by Cal.

Wow if Nicola thinks this then I guess it’s time for soaps to go

do you like storylines of people being abused or murdered?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Tozzie

do you like storylines of people being abused or murdered?

Not the point really. Nicola's whole argument was about it being inappropriate for her 7 year old. Simple answer: Her 7 year old shouldn't be watching anyway. Soaps have told murder and abuse plots for decades. Time for her and all those like her to take responsibility for what they watch on television, and not expect television to parent their children for them.

[Ammi]

..it’s a tricky one really...I do understand Nicola’s concerns...but ‘exposure’ is not always preventable so easily as moving a time slot to a later time...that later time would still leave for exposure to many 12yr olds, so older siblings...of which her 7yr old has, an older sibling...who also has access to social media, where these storylines are often discussed...that’s the thing, we can ‘police’ our own children in what they view...but we have no control of policing our children’s peers...so exposure is often an inevitable thing, regardless of time slots ..

...she will know what her children’s ‘limitations and levels’ are in terms of their understandings etc ...there are options...(...which I’m sure her parenting adopts..)...of watching these things with her child, which allows her to ‘monitor’ any possible distress and discuss at the time...crikey, I’ve completely lost my train of thought so I’ll leave it there - Marsh’s fault, he’s not taking responsibility for me and monitoring me like he should be...)...anyways, yeah...exposure isn’t always through directly watching...it can be through ‘7yr old conversations’ also...and there are many ‘exposure’ things which can create that...which are beyond a direct parental control....

[Ammi]

...she’s obviously a great parent to have these concerns....

[Ammi]

...back in the day when I was a child...the Coronation Street music was always bedtime.....so if I hear it now, it makes me feel sleepy because of the association...it was always considered ‘adult’ ...for me anyway...but then, if a child didn’t watch it, wasn’t allowed to...there wasn’t the exposure from the many other sources that there is in the here and now...so that was just that of that really....