why do teenagers parents care what music they listen to?
476814
Because we as parents love our children and when we hear something that is forign to us, we worry.  What we have to realize is that our children are intelligent human beings that can make decisions.  \nThe problem is that when children are very young they are really good at percieving things but not very good at interpreting.  we carry that even when you get older.  We worry that you will take the words literally and that they will corrupt you.  We are not perfect.
203435
THEY ALREADY DO AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA HAVE YOU NOT EVER N0TICED THE PARENT ADVARISORY ON THE CD'S YOU BUY IN THE STORES. IT'S JUST SOME MUSIC CERTIN AGE CHILDREN SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO THEY ALREADY GET TOO MANY IDEAS FROM TV.
896037
Oh my god. You rock!!!  We have (almost) exactly the same taste in music!!!!!!! \n\nSouxsie rocks!!\n\nYay Queen!\n\nWhoooo, Dido!!!!\n\nBilly Idol, yay!!\n\netc...\n\nI listen to weird music for a 13 year old girl, but who cares?!! I like what I like!!
851811
It's because they want a taste of "the real world" and want to believe they know everything.They're growing up, and they want their say in things.\nAnd to tell you the truth, age and how many years you've lived on the earth shouldn't be important. Everybody is an equal. Adults learn, they forget. Teenagers learn too, but they forget. Some know more than others. Some know less than others. The things one person might know might be more advanced than another's thoughts. What a person knows shouldn't make them any smarter than anybody else.\nFor example, somebody might know a TON about sports.\nSomebody may not. That somebody may know a lot about music, which the sports genius doesn't.\n\nTeenagers just want to know they're becoming an adult.
120037
Teens don't have bad taste...these bands just aren't mainstream anymore.\n Although nine inch nails will never go out of style for me
141080
Now is the time to deny your child rap "music."  If you encourage this preference he has for this genre he will not relish "kiddy-friendly" rap for his entire life.  This type of music is not wholesome - it does the opposite of encouraging good citizenship and morality.\n\nIntroduce him to Mozart.
666825
I think its because their parents let them do what ever they want when ever they want to do it. I'm 14 and i don't support any teenager doing that kind of stuff they should Wait till marriage.
591058
NO NO NO\nUnfortunately your DAD and SIS do not realise what damage they are doing to your development of tastes. These are issues where you are entitled to have your own tastes and enjoy full freedom.They are somewhat jealous of you. Being Indians themselves they some how lost their bus and never had a listening ear to Indian Music.NO MUSIC IN THE WORLD CAN COME ANYWHERE NEAR INDIAN MUSIC.\nWE ARE WITH YOU WE VOTE FOR YOU DO YOU WANT MORE NUMBERS
288382
There are a lot of ignorant people, and unfortunately, a lot of minors who have parents who are not involved or oblivious. At times this is not necessarily the parents' fault. Teens often disconnect with their parents because they percieve that their parents do not understand their pain.\n\nThe bottom line is that people need to abide by the rule of only saying something when it will be helpful or encouraging (sometimes those aren't necessarily one and the same).
998121
I have a 16 year old daughter who does listen to me. There are times  when  I think she not listening until she comes home, tells me about her day and some situation that happened and she says " I did what you told me to mom and you were right, it worked" " I know you think I don't listen, but I really do"  I've always been pretty open with my daughter, I don't sugar coat anything. I've always told her she can talk  to me about anything . Teaching my kids to be honest, non judge-mental, to be themselves, to have their own opinions and to voice them, to have morals and values and  that everybody makes mistakes and its ok as long as we learn from them, that nobody is perfect and not to have expectation of others, expectations lead to disappointment.  Expecting your child to do well in school is one thing, expecting your child to be an all-star basketball player is another. Teenagers as well as children in general look to their parents for approval and discipline. Do you have respect for a person you can walk all over? Neither do teenagers! Teens need a parent not a friend. If a parent constantly gives in, their teen knows they will not suffer any repercussions no matter what they do. Parents need to put their foot down when their teens have done something wrong. Temporarily take away whats most important to them , the phone, computer, friends, dances etc.etc. This usually gets their attention. Talk to them and listen as well. Don't be afraid to talk to them about sex, drugs, alcohol etc. I've told my daughter  what can happen, what does happen. If her friends pressure her into trying or doing something walk away and let them say what ever they want about you. If a "friend" is putting pressure on you, then obviously they were not your friend to begin with. A friend would not do that. I've dealt with other parents looking down on my parenting methods, these are the same parents who's teens cannot talk to them about anything because they would flip out, the same parents who think if you don't talk about it then it doesn't exist. I feel, I'm being realistic. If a teenager wants to do something bad enough, they will find a way. You can't lock them in their rooms or ground them forever. Help them understand for every action there is a reaction. Throw out a what if...ask them what they would do in a given situation, then give them the possible outcomes. Do it over and over. until it sinks in. You might feel like a rotten parent, but its worth it. Its a cruel world and teens need to know just how cruel it really is!
252582
I remember when I was in high school listening to rock music and my parents had the same complaint.\n\nIt's not the music style - it's the need to create a sense of personal space, an impenetrable environment.\n\nI admit, I'd rather hear ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE at a zillion decibels than lyrics about dismembering women - but what's going on here IMHO, is more about the people who feel they have to assert to create their space in the environment.\n\nI'll share a little secret - when a Beatles song comes on the car radio.  I roll up the windows, turn the sound up and sing along at the top of my lungs. <grin>
81701
The majority of the mainstream hip hop has a bad impact on teens. It glorifies guns, drugs, sex, violence in general, it's degrading to women and you can go more than 30 seconds in between curse words. Teens listening to it think that that's the best life out there and their favorite star lives like that, why can't they? They don't understand there's a lot of artistic license involved in the songs and not everything is true. I think it makes them look for the easy way out in life instead of becoming hard working & more productive. Who doesn't want the big cars & houses but how many people actually get them?
919835
beacuse they accually "listen" to it, and they may not "listen" to people, but they listen to music beacuse they like it.
1077418
Teenagers these days need morals given by their parents and enforced. A lot of parents don't open up to their child by these issues until its too late. Not only do teenagers deal with this problems, but so do pre-teens. Some parents think, "Oh Jonny is only 11 years old. We don't need to talk to him about that yet." Unfortuantly, many of them are very wrong. Most kids are learning about sex and drugs before they are a teenager.\n\nSociety & the media plays a huge role in a childs mind. There are more bad infuences than great role models out there. A child gets confused. \n\nMorals aren't set into the childs mind. Discussions about sex, drugs and its concequences. Its not taught in school until after a child has had its glimse of drugs and sex. They are already tring to figure it out on their own because they are not getting other help from anyone other than their friends who are already experiencing this issues. \n\nParents need to open up with their child and visa versa.  Family discussions and meetings can connect a family is positive ways. Its not only beneificial to the child but the parent. Sometimes family counciling is very helpful to families with difficult issues. \n\nWith all that aside, A teenager (or pre-teen) who feels threatened by the peer pressures of drugs or sex. Just say "No thanks".  Its not worth the concequences. Enjoy your life as a kid, follow your dreams and reach them. Be knowledgeable and make something good for yourself. If you fall into the traps of peer pressure, you lose yourself. There is only one "you" out there. Make "you" someone good, someone great.
210896
the rock world is full of childsh little kids all having a pop at eachother for liking different music, no one should judge anyone for liking music. im not an emo fan myself but atleast these bands are playing there own songs and instruments. people need to grow up and just chill out
584716
Consider the audience. As Children age, they go through stages of cognitive development. What is literal and makes sense to a child may clearly be a fallacy for an adult. \n\nFor that reason, I think explict music should not be played over easily accesable airwaves. I have no problem with these lyrics per se, having several titles within my own collection that are, for example, overly violent, expicitly sexual, or deal with heavy, dark themes. But if we are in fact a civilized society, we do have an obligation to censor some of the more adult themes out of the general public.\n\nFor those of us who don't understand my viewpoint; I understand the co-existance of public behavior and private behavior.
63245
Attention to teenagers is most often given in this context: parents and adults will often overlook accomplishments or let acccomplishments be clouded by behavior that they either fail to recognize, or by behavior that they think they understand. The only time adults will look at teenagers is when there is a problem, not when teenagers accoplish something. This creates a prejudice and an image bias. Hope it helps.