Fairhaven's Linda Soucy recently raced a sexually explicit CD back to the store as soon as she heard her son playing it. And when she steps over the line, she hears about it.
Every family confronts popular culture differently.
That's as it should be, says Virginia Sheehan, school social worker at New Bedford's Roosevelt Junior High. The important thing is that parents not walk away from the issue. Prescriptions may vary on how to regulate the music, TV and movies that pour into teens' heads, but everyone seems to agree that popular entertainment is coarser than ever. Linda Soucy couldn't believe her ears. It was really trash.