The Influence of Rock Music and the Videos
The songs and music have always played an important role in learning and communication culture. Children learn by what they see and what they hear, so for the past 30 years, some children’s television programs have combined very effectively with words, music and cartoons achieving better learning.
Most parents worry about what they see and hear their children, but children grow, parents fail to pay attention to the music and videos to entertain their kids.
Sharing musical tastes between generations of the family can be a very entertaining, although the music can also be part of this exclusive world of adolescents. Adolescents like to exclude adults and cause concern. And one of the concerns of those who are interested in the development and growth of their teenagers is the sharp deterioration of the messages in rock music, including the songs most popular and best-selling. The following issues are problematic and prominent:
* The promotion and glorification of drug abuse and alcohol.
* Representations and words that present the suicide as an “alternative” or “solution.”
* The graphic violence.
* The relationship with the occult: songs about Satanism and human sacrifice and its apparent representation in the concerts.
* Sex emphasizing sadism, masochism, incest, contempt toward women and violence against them.
It is important to pay attention to what your child buys, hear and see, and help you identify the destructive tendencies of some songs or groups. The music usually is not a danger for a teenager whose life is happy and healthy. But if the teen demonstrates excessive preoccupation with music of destructive themes and if it shows changes in behavior such as isolation, depression or alcohol or drug use, we recommend that you do a psychiatric evaluation.
