Do you know any of the songs that your kids are listening to? As a good parent, are you teaching them moral values? Or are you the liberal type of parent who lets his or her kids to learn what is available in their generation?
No good parent actually brags that his or her child is having moral issues, one who has no regard for what is right or wrong. People giving praises to your child because he or she has been raised to be a good one is a good parent's medal. While others go for the grades of their kids in school, sometimes the kid gets stressed to the point of cheating, thus, such makes him academically good but morally bad.
"What is wrong with songs today? Why do you even have to care what they like or not? It is simply a different generation, they do not even like the oldies, I don't like the pop songs, we are even, to each his own. Why should I care?"
Exactly the point. Many songs today have lyrics that are not morally upright. A good parent should at least let the child know that it is so. Liking the bad song sends signals to the brain that it is all right. Many songs not only depict the life of many adulterers and adulteresses but curses are even widely accepted. Being the trend does not make something wrong, right. Being widely accepted does not mean it is okay. If you care for the moral upbringing of your children, you should be caring about what gets into their heads, spoonfed by today's television and movies and the society around.
"It's just a song." Yes, but these songs subconsciously teach your children what you as a parent should be doing instead. Not caring what goes in their head can break their moral fiber. "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." -Solomon, the wisest man who lived on earth, Prov. 22:6.
i agree po. like my daughter po she hears a lot of avril lavigne songs from my sister so to think that she actually memorized everything already. Even those lyrics with words or paragraph who swear w/c is really bad. The only thing i can do is to explain to her that those words are bad that she dont even want or she dont have any choice but to stop saying them hihi .
ReplyDeleteI am guilty of not monitoring my kids. But I am helpless I cannot understand Japanese Anime songs that they are liking and singing:)
ReplyDeleteI think it would be important to expose the kids to the right songs and since it's a lot catchy, it can be easier recalled.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with songs today? -- That is exactly what my parents ask us all the time. That's why we always listen to old songs in CDs and MP3s and not on the radio.
ReplyDeleteIT's true.lalo na ngayon na maraming songs na kaaaya ayang pakinggan pero pag hinimay mo ang lyrics, napakasensual at di talaga pambata..I do hope parents would be more aware of it...iba na generation ngayon but still we should act responsible for our kids
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on this, Ms. Tess. I have a 6-year old niece who extensively listens and watches music videos on YouTube. Her parents doesn't filter what she listens to or watches, so she gets to sing and memorize these songs at her own pace. And then one time, we were all surprised when she started singing a Nicki Minaj song, along with the curse words to it. I may not be her parent, and may not be beside her 24/7 to correct her. It's just a sad thing, that's why I make sure that I tell her the bad ones from the good ones -- in hopes that she'll listen in the end. :)
ReplyDeletetrue! i heard my 6 yr old cousin singing pusong bato and hari ng tondo. and it is not a good example as somehow it talks about the cruelty of life..
ReplyDeleteAs parents, we must put our influence on our children, ad knowing what are they up into is something we have to deal. You're right, some of today's songs have lyrics na masagwa. Mabuti na lang ang mga anak ko, they prefer Christian songs.
ReplyDeleteMusic is really influential and I do believe that we , as parents, must take a closer look on what kind of music our kids are listening at.
ReplyDeleteIt must be for a parent, to be concern on the music that his/her child is listening, music has less censorship. The music that I am worried about is the one from foreign languages that we Filipino dont understand, especially from Middle East, I have a theory that somehow they may contain encrypt messages, that the receiver will only understand.
ReplyDeleteThat's true. Generations today are hard to understand especially the song and dance that they like. They can easily imitate their fave bands/singers. I have two girls I always monitor them, every time they download a music I always check it first.
ReplyDelete"It's just a song." Yes, but these songs subconsciously teach your children what you as a parent should be doing instead. Not caring what goes in their head can break their moral fiber." - I so agree! at the present time, our kids listen to what we are listening too; so it's really not a concern yet; now, it's more what games are they playing in their computers.
ReplyDeleteSong gives melody to life, if a child sings a song with bad meaning, the parent should explain the real meaning of it so the child will understand how to pick a good song.
ReplyDeleteYes. They should be screened. Music nowadays are rebellious, crooked and sick. Not all, but most of them especially those that rank in Billboard's top 100. We should train the next generation properly to avoid what is happening to the generation now.
ReplyDeleteWe cannot let them hate the modern music of today especially those with unpleasant lyrics with a catchy and playful beat but we can teach them and let them know the bad implications of those songs in real life. What they see in our home is what greatly influence them... be close to your kids and always assure them of love and guidance.
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