My son's Father Doesn't like the song our son dances too. He wanted to beat him
By lornadarden
@lornadarden (10)
United States
May 14, 2009 1:28pm CST
My son loves to dance, he does footwork. He made a video with him and his friends dancing it out. The song he was dancing to has a nice beat and it's says 187 over and over again. 187 stands for Murder in Police code, but the song is saying that the dancers are killing with the moves, not suggesting that they go murder someone it's completely innocent. My son's Father is a Christian and he didn't like it, he told him to remove the song from the video and he didn't. It was too late to remove the song he already had posted it on the internet, so he threaten to beat him because he didn't change the song to Christian music.
My son is 14years old and his Father wants him to listen to nothing but Church music, there's nothing wrong with that, but he can't expect for him to just listen to church music, he's a child he wants to enjoy life and have his fun. Do you think he was taking it too far?
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@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
14 May 09
yes i think so... that's is why sometimes it is hard for teenagers to get them to church or to think about christianity. because many parents put on so many restirctions on their children. if it happens all the time, the child will just become rebellious.
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@lornadarden (10)
• United States
14 May 09
Thank you I said the same thing. If he wants him to be Christian he is going about it the wrong way. Thank you your response was so helpful.
@rmorefield (941)
• United States
14 May 09
I, too, am a Christian. I see nothing wrong with allowing your child to express himself. I absolutely believe that his father is taking things too far. Children need to have a little freedom. It is our job as parents to teach them, to lead them...not to be their jailers. We can do this effectively and still let them be themselves. They need to be able to choose their own paths. If we don't let them, then we will lose them. Sometimes, we just have to let go and pray.
@lornadarden (10)
• United States
14 May 09
Thanks so much for your amazing response. You are so understanding I feel so better. My son's Father is mad at me because I wouldn't let him punish our son.
@rmorefield (941)
• United States
14 May 09
Don't feel bad. You are standing up for what you think is right.
@thunderstar17 (323)
• United States
3 Aug 09
Yes I think he is taking it way too far. I have always been taught in church that as a good Christian you do not FORCE your beliefs on anyone. And by actingin in this manner this is exactly what he is doing. Instead you are supposed to help guide others to allow Christ into their heart...beating and threatening is not the way to do it!! Also, your son is 14, he needs to be a teenager! If the song is not talking about actually murdering people, but killing the dance moves, then where is the problem? That should not be a religious issue.
It reminds me of a manager I work with. He is a strict Catholic man, working in a restaurant. . . so of course he is going to be out of his element in terms of the views and beliefs of many of the people working there. Yesterday i went to a heavy metal concert with several of my co-workers and the two head liners were Slayer and Marilyn Manson (you know the anti-christ superstar)...Our manager was preaching to use for weeks about how we will burn in Hell just for purchasing tickets to be in the same venue as Manson. He actually threatened to fire me today for talking about how shocked I was to see Manson burn a Bible on stage during his performance. All he heard was that a the Holy Bibled was burned so he threatened to fire me, it did not matter to him that I said I was shocked, and that was the part of the show that really bothered me.
