richard madeley is an idiot

[crisgal]

i found the content of the show this morning highly inapproriate. My radio comes on every morning with the alarm, and the kitchen radio is tuned to radio 2 also. My children get up and dressed, have their breakfast in the kitchen while i have a shower, make the beds etc. A normal morning for families with school children I would imagine. Today I came into the kitchen to see my children gripped with fear listening to tales of 'definite' sightings of ghosts and spirits. I am appalled. Surely it should be safe to leave a bbc radio station on between 7 and 8 in a morning, without fear of the content terrifying my kids?? I know that my little girl will have difficulty sleeping tonight and will probably be in tears. Richard madeley and his producers are insensitve and thoughtless. disgusting.

[jackthehat]

I agree that Richard Madeley is an idiot.
However, I think the issue about your daughter's reaction to a discussion about ghosts is a symptom of something *you* need to deal with.

[milly143]

I think your children being gripped with fear is maybe a little ott but I agree, RM is a complete prat.

[NOX]

everyoine knows Madely is an idoit, but frankly children being gripped with terror about ghosts means that you've not done the greatest job in dealing with issues like that with them.

[B00]

lmao!!!

How old are the kids?

Mines 6, and I don't even think she'd listen to the radio, unless a song came on she liked. Words, especially by grown ups would just be a babble she wouldn't listen to. If she was any older, id be slightly concerned she was over reacting to be honest.

[Bbbananas]

I'd have just turned over stations and let them listen to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 - far more suitable to delicate childrens' ears......!!

[McMouse]

I had the tv on as I prepared breakfast and they trailed a show on historic cities and "how they floated in a sea of their own filth"..........heave!

[crisgal]

yes jack, i am fully aware of that thank you. She is 9 and just at the age where her stupid friends start the silly rumour of the school being built on a old burial site, visions of a lady in white, and all that balloney (sp?).
i can assure you that we are dealing with it. My point is that i can reassure her as much as possible, get her confidence back, and then hearing someting like these ridiculous stories puts her right back again.
He wil,l no doubt sleep well tonight. It's not fair that I won't.
I shouldn't have to worry about the content that early in a morning - that was my gripe. My daughter's *issues* have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

[Bbbananas]

... sounds like Boston.

[Old_Geezer]

Strange, and Richard was so complimentary about you when I asked, too.

[Bbbananas]

I like him. I think he's droll.

[jackthehat]

Will you be expecting Richard Madeley to ring you to run the content of his show passed you, prior to broadcast, every morning ?

Or would you like to get a sense of proportion instead ?

[crisgal]

i was in the shower so didn't hear the warnings. I turned it off as soon as i heard it.
All I got on the way to school was them telling me of the stories they had heard.

[Bbbananas]

Kids talk about ghost stories all the time. Willies and wilies. Never did me any harm when I was scared sh1teless about the Green Lady when I was 11.

[crisgal]

what a ridiculous comment jack!

[B00]

can understand how upset you may have been crisgal, however im willing to bet that if your daughter wasn't so susceptible to ghost stories you yourself wouldn't have an issue with RM's article either.

Tomorrow morning, he may very well talk about toe nails dropping off- and then id have nightmares that night- see where im coming from?

[Bbbananas]

Or he could be talking about tooth extractions. Or rats.

[B00]

See? tis all relative. What subjects some folk find acceptable, others don't. Cant please everyone all at once type of thing.

[crisgal]

or he may say his cover has been extened for another month - now that would be scary!