At home, after noticing the tape, I listened to it. The first song, the popular one and the reason my daughter bought the tape in the first place, was fine. But every other song was filled with profane and violent, hate speech, particularly directed at women. Make no mistake about it. Movie makers and recording studios that produce this trash are after the hearts and minds of our children.
Parents can either sit back, throw up their hands and give up, or they can fight back.
But parents need help. Passing laws that empower parents to hold accountable those who willing allow underage children to view or hear this trash without a parents' explicit permission, would seem to be a good place to start. Dr. Wade F. Horn is President of the National Fatherhood Initiative and co-author of The Better Homes and Gardens New Father Book.