Comments on: Does modern music negatively influence children?

By: jcdenton100

jcdenton100 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:40:30 +0000

Im 19, and i hate all that hard metal crap and that stupid rap. I listen to any other kinds of music as long as they dont have excessive cussing and bad language. Country and celtic are good kinds of music. I also like to listen stuff from phantom of the operah. I sometimes listen to techno. Even calming music on youtube is a good thing for every once in a while.

By: Liberaltarian91

Liberaltarian91 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:14:15 +0000

Neglect, abuse, drugs, alcohol, guns, bullying, dropping out…

And of all things we are worried about modern music affecting children.

By: futuristicTati

futuristicTati — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:05:56 +0000

i agree with Brii because i have listen to that type of music and have had no type of urge of some type to do any of that..it all comes from the household and up bringing.. it starts from the home and the examples parents provide the child with

By: futuristicTati

futuristicTati — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:25:32 +0000

i think that you should take the time and talk to some the teenagers who do listen to rap and hip-hop. Its entertainment and besides that its true that most of the artists have a positive message and know what they are actually talking about..i listen to rap and hip-hop but that doesn't mean I'm a bad kid.. i agree with the person that said we all make our own choices.. just because i listen to the music doesn't mean I'm going to go do whatever they are talking about or describing in their lyrics..i listen to it for enjoyment purposes

By: Brii

Brii — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:30:17 +0000

I agree, i hate it when parents blame video games and music videos for THEIR childrens’ bad behavior. they need to start acting like parents instead of watching it all go down hill!

By: Brii

Brii — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:28:58 +0000

Children and their parents need to become more responsible for the child’s actions. they know better and if they don’t it’s the parent/guardian’s fault. all my life i have listen to hip-hip/rap/rock and everything else and never have i lost my mind and went out and did something stupid like smoke, drink, do drugs or have sex.

By: Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:51:40 +0000

Correlation of aggressive personalities is not discussed therein usually. It's sort of a chicken or the egg problem common to a lot of psychological research. Were people already violent and sought out violent forms of expression? Or were they exposed to violent forms of expression and sought out violence action more easily or commonly as a result? Lots of people are exposed to violent media and do not act violently. There are also plenty of forms of violent "media" that most people would not ever consider as a basis for censorship which are oft claimed, usually erroneously, by people who commit violent acts (the holy scriptures of their religion as one example).

To place a fairly high margin of negative influence upon the vile music video or playing too much Doom as a kid is to incompletely understand what it is that makes us actually act out with violence (presumably this applies to our sexual acts as well).

By: Sal

Sal — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:35:50 +0000

No, if you truly are a good person you will be able to distinguish between real life and reality, just like video games.

By: Mr. Jugs

Mr. Jugs — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:02:35 +0000

According to an article "The Influence of Media Violence on Youth" by psychology researchers and professors at various universities, "Short-term exposure increases the likelihood of physically and verbally aggressive behavior, aggressive thoughts, and aggressive emotions. Recent large-scale longitudinal studies provide converging evidence linking frequent exposure to violent media in childhood with aggression later in life, including physical assaults and spouse abuse."

However, I feel that music is a personal experience, and children may listen to and enjoy certain genres of music based on their beats, chords, etc., and not necessarily their words. It may be that the music video is to blame for the rise in childhood aggressive tendencies.

By: Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:36:20 +0000

Not really. That's still an entire genre. It might be useful to say that there are specific messages included that could be less than socially optimal in music. Of almost any variety. I've found country music to be often about as socially repulsive as much of popular rap music. I don't go around declaring that we should censor it. Labeling any specific genre or stylistic choices as negative music, and by extension declaring a need to censor or control it is not that productive. Effectively, getting rid of gangsta rap got us into the current trend of senseless nonsense (essentially corporate rap) instead.