Do you monitor the music your kids listen to?
By ersmommy1
@ersmommy1 (12588)
United States
February 11, 2009 10:11am CST
My daughter is only 5. So right now she is limited to kids music like Radio Disney. But I have been paying closer attention to the lyrics now than I used to. So are there rules in place at your house about music? Some lyrics are not appropriate for certain ages.
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@DaddyOfTheRose (2934)
• United States
25 Feb 09
I try to monitor the music my kids listen to. There was, however, a song about kissing a girl and liking it. My wife didn't quite seem to agree with me on that one.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
13 Feb 09
Hello ersmommy. My elder son is now a teen. He chooses to listen to music he likes freely. We don't choose for him, but we did when he was a small boy. Take care.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Yes, because their are some very inappropriate music out there for little ears. Like 50 cent Candy shop..sounds innocent till you listen to it. and a few other ones. S it is good to only let them listen to music you pick out for them because then you know it isn't going to be dirty or have foul language in it.
@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
11 Feb 09
This really isn't a problem in my house. I like listening to older music anyway, not too much rap or newer music. When we do play music in the house, which is rare, its nothing that I feel that I have to keep from my kids. There have been times where a person has turned on the rap station on the television, and I try to not say anything. However, it is satellite radio, where the full and explicit versions are played. All it took was for a few curse words to come out, and I was like "Hey, you gonna hafta turn that off around my kids."
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
11 Feb 09
We actually don't have any radios in the house. If I play music in the house, it's music that I've downloaded onto my computer, so I decide what gets played and what doesn't. In the car we also listen to my music. I have a few favorite radio stations and will play those, and my kids do know most of the words to a lot of popular songs.
When my son had a walkman (which he broke) we did tell him there were only certain stations he could listen to. One of those was the station I listen to the most, another was radio Disney. I'm sure if he had a walkman right now he'd probably only listen to the sports networks.
