In just one generation, rock n roll music has gone from I want to hold your hand to appeals to rape and mayhem. A while back at a local restaurant, seated across from my family, was a mother and her teenage boys. Later, the teens took off, leaving mom to cover the bill. I went over to her and privately asked, I was just wondering how you handle one of your sons wearing the T-shirt of a band whose lead singer fantasizes about brutally torturing and murdering his stepmother.
Many parents are in the same boat.
Teens may be more media savvy than their parents, but they often lack the tools to think Christianly about the culture. Still, they re concerned. Focus on the Family receives from young people each year, the No. 1 issue they write about is music and entertainment. Some of today s music is not just offensive. It s dangerous.