Her sons said no. She told them, It s for when you want to make a baby. The boys immediately stop singing and a complete silence came over the car. While restrictions can be a means of limiting young children s involvement with negative hip-hop, parent should also try more interactive approaches. One of the most important of these tactics is being open-minded.
Parents often see hip-hop and rap music as profane, aggressive and violent.
If parents are not being truthful with their children about what s going on in society today, their children s friends will. It is also very important to use words and tones that convey an empathetic, rather than a judgmental attitude. When children feel that they are being forced into doing something by their parents, they tend to rebel against their parent s wishes. To understand what children are listening to, parents should read hip-hop magazines and ask their children who s their favorite musician and why. Also when parent s hear their children repeating a song s lyrics, ask them what part of the lyrics relate to them and why.