I am a big fan of all kinds of music, even if the views from different genres are opposite, I still love the way it makes me feel. Children are also in love with music and who they look up to and vicariously wish to be, are easily influenced. The kinds of music today that negatively influence weigh in heavy. All genres Rap, Rock, Alternative, Pop etc have negative influence to children.
With Rock music they sell tons of sex and drugs, which is not what you want your kids fantasizing about at a young age. The possibility that promiscuity is normal is unorthodox. Rock sells women like their meat, look at Bret Michael's with his “Rock of Love “show, and just how much of a womanizer he is. This is where all the free sex comes in. The drugs play the second influence that its ok to drop out of school young drink and start from there. The amount of drugs these rockers do alone shows in their character. Kids wishing to be rock stars not for the love of music but the fame, that is negative influence.
With Rap music, then men degrade women calling them their sluts and hoes. This alone shows girls not to value themselves and let men walk all over you, which is so unhealthy. It promotes more murder and drugs. Rapping about the old days gang banging, this is a negative influence for kids to initiate in gangs. The killings you have done or will do again is negative energy and bad for kids. The drug use and talk about the sling and dealing, that is negative influences. Rap can promote kids into lashing out and earning respect. This is not the influences you want your young kids hearing.
Pop music has also taken tongue and cheek to full blown sexual fantasies is negative. This in particular affects little girls. When you’re a little girl you dream to be a princess or wonder woman. At a young age to think and know we are invincible were all about that. So when Pop music has women figures as sex toys and men's fantasies we lose the respect for ourselves. We want our little girls growing up that we are invincible with our minds and can control how are lives go that is amazing. We don’t want our little girls thinking as long as I stay fit and look sexy I can use my body. Your body is your temple and you want little girls to nourish them and take pride in it and love themselves. We judge as humans everyday on what we want others to think of us and approve and envy us. Pop music can have it’s positive messages but it can also have its own negative influence that ways heavy on little girls.
Alternative music can be a broad spectrum to everyone in their own mixed bag of genres. The most common negative influence of each individual genre is drug use. The idea the chronic drug use and exploration weigh in on kids growing into who they are, To show the vast experimenting is ok is wrong and we don’t want our young kids hearing that.
In the end I love all music no matter what the message sends! Until next time..
Cheers :)
I can agree with you up to a point. Music nowadays tends to be a bit more detailed, but you have to take into consideration that some of these artists are writing about their past, or a spur of the moment thing when something has just occurred to them. We tend to misinterpret a lot of the lyrics. I do not know if it is because we want to, or just because we are told at a young age what it right and wrong. Some people listen to music and try to read between the lines, and other people just listen to the lyrics for what they are. Other people simply listen to the beat and do not even pay attention to the words. I do not think that all artists are purposely trying to influence little kids. Some artists may not even realize that their music is being listened to by younger children, as they inteded their music for adults. I think that it should be up to the parents to regulate what kids are listening to, and not up to the artists to censor themselves. I do agree that some artists take things too far, when singing about murder, etc, but that is part of their free will of being an artist. If we do not want our children being influenced by it, then it should be up to us as parents to limit their exposure.
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