Music and Media

Free speech is a right everyone has in the United States, but when is it going to far.  The music and T.V. shows that are available to children these days are ridiculous.  I was driving in the car the other day with my 14 year old daughter.  A song came on the radio; this was a song that no child should be listening to.  I was flabbergasted.  I could not believe that this song was being played on the radio.  The lyrics were something about not caring about getting drunk and not caring about sleeping. To make it worse this was the version that was remade for radio.  The real version talks about not caring about smoking weed; because, they are young wild and free.  My daughter then tells me this is one of her favorite new songs and got angry with me when I turned it off.  What made this ten times worse is my three year old son was in the car.  He has been singing since the first time he heard it.   

There has got to be something that can stops this.  Kids these days are growing-up way to early and their behavior is becoming worse.  Young teens are becoming harder and harder to handle.  I personally think that the T.V. shows they watch and the music listen to has a lot to do with it.  I never remember hearing swear words on the television when I was young.  These days it is normal to hear the words bitch and ass on almost every show.  It's out of hand.  Something needs to be done about this.  What are parents supposed to do?  I cannot even let my kids listen to the radio anymore and the television is even worse.