<<My father took me to work often. He was an ATCO, I partly grew up in the tower. I issued my first clearance probably at an age of 5 years>>
Then your father should have been sacked.... and then hung, drawn and quartered. I took my young son into the tower where I worked and he had specific instructions to sit and watch - from a distance. It's complete, lunatic, totally unprofessional stupidity to let a child on the R/T.