How to protect turntable from children?

I like that idea that Rhljazz has. When I was that age, I had one of those little briefcase tables that I spun my Alvin and the Chipmunks record on. Amazon has a bunch of them with built in speakers for under $100 and as low as $47.

Oh come on they just want to hear how that PB&J sandwich sounds. When my kids were young they tried to see the picture of the PB&J with the VCR.

Depends a lot on your kids. It's a bit presumptuous for some to suggest that the issue is always parenting. There are limits to how far "parenting" will go -- especially if you have kids with any issues or special needs.

My solution (for now) -- no turntable. Seriously, I can't believe some of the stuff my kids have broken. And they are well supervised and well parented (IMHO).

Dekay's suggestion about the furniture grade media armoires is a good one. I bought a huge (5' wide by 6' high, solid cherry one w 4 large drawers below, a series of selves on one side behind a door and a pair of pocket doors on the other side for about 30 cents on the dollar a couple of years ago. Now I expect it would be 20 cents on the dollar.

You can pick up some of those dog shock collars and put them on each kid. You can also us scat mats and charge them up with, say, 10 volts at a half an amp. That should do it.