Protecting children from things adult and improper. Where should the boundaries be?

[4channel]

Protecting children from things adult and improper. Where should the boundaries be?

Today children are exposed to things that 20 years ago were unheard of. As time creeps on we see more and more things that challenge belief. In film and on television, extremely violent imagery is such an accepted and major part of entertainment that some cannot enjoy a film or program unless it is violent.

In what passes for music, the lyrics are more explicit and sexually laden than they ever were. A great deal of the video clips that appear on television would be considered pornography once upon a time. Other forms of music such as some rap have lyrics about killing people, guns and putting down women in the worst possible way.

Something that would be laughed off as impossible years ago, children before they can even walk properly are now exposed to adult entertainers such as drag queens as part of some supposed education or enlightenment program. Some of these drag queens have names of male and female genitalia. Some have names that relate to sexual scents and arousal. Some even have gone as far as doing stripping routines, twerking, teaching twerking, and  other blatant sexually suggestive behaviour. They are even reading childrens stories that are an alternative to the male and female relationships or the birth genders..

Children are playing violent video games which are much more graphic and interactive than what they were in the past. Many are not interested in a video game unless it is violent. They can play for hours and hours on these games, either connected to their own source or a source that is online. Some of the games are so violent that some adults are sickened to the degree that they refuse to even talk about it. Others that do find it almost impossible to comprehend.

* Where should the boundaries be set or where should they have been set?

* What effect is this having on children today?

* How will things be in ten or twenty years time?

[the_great_she_elephant]

In your OP you stated: In what passes for music, the lyrics are more explicit and sexually laden than they ever were.  My reply shows that this is patently untrue. Explicit and sexually laden lyrics have been with us from time immemorial. 

[4channel]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

In your OP you stated: In what passes for music, the lyrics are more explicit and sexually laden than they ever were.  My reply shows that this is patently untrue. Explicit and sexually laden lyrics have been with us from time immemorial. 

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Your reply shows nothing except that you have trawled for examples of  older explicit lyric songs to counter / discredit what I have said. And you're not even partly successful there.

Take a foul mouthed gynecologist and put him / her on acid,  and you'll hear what I heard with 2 girls and their music. Also lyrics in rap that rhyme about gang life and blowing people away with firearms is played on radio stations. Never in my memory were blatant sexual lyrics played on radio 40 years ago, not even 30 to the degree they are now.

[domino-710]

About time to clear the ' history ' .

[domino-710]

As for ' trawling ' - good grief - do you even realise - posts from sources - decades old.

This is really getting to - just - grinning stuff.

[twyngwyn]

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[4channel]

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@twyngwyn wrote:

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So what are your thoughts about the violent content in so-called music today twyngwyn? Does it alarm you?

What is your view on a shop keeper who peddles / sells CDs that are violent and gang-related to young folk?

[countessalmirena]

I doubt that anyone in this thread is an advocate of lyrics that promote violence and contain repeated obscenities and profanities.

(I might be wrong.)

I doubt that anyone in this thread is promoting criminal gang membership.

I don't know any way to excise that sort of content from the world. It's too invasive and pervasive; there are too many people who would decry any such attempt, anyway, as an infringement of their rights.

There is some degree of filtering. Warning labels can help parents to make informed choices.

As I've said before, parents should be on the ball. For the child's formative years, parents have the opportunity to guide their children. Bringing up the child to be able to make smart decisions and eschew disgusting content - even in the face of considerable external and peer pressure - can be done.

None of us can change everyone else. We can keep certain types of content out of our own homes. No easy job, but that's the job of a parent.

[4channel]

Countessalmirena, it cannot be down to parents. Many just don't have the time to look at what their kids are accessing. Some collapse in exhaustion after a day's work.  Many parents now leave the kids in the care of an older brother, sister even cousin. In many cases the carer is  a teen.   A minority of  parents think it's cool to dress their 3 year old son in a bandana with a gangsta rapper teeshirt like a mini-thug.

Ice and heroin etc. are illegal for obvious reasons. Music that promotes violence and perversion should also be illegal.

[katistrophik]

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