I disagree with you. My parents never censored any of my music, but I blame that more on their naivete and the fact that they were clueless that music was starting to be so perverted. Of course, most of it was NOT.
When my son was in school, the only music I ever took from him was 2 Live Crew. I destroyed that garbage with pleasure! I always cautioned him to consider the way he spent his money and whether he really wanted to make people rich who sang perverted music.
I also found a porn movie my son got from one of his buddies. He had it in a sleeve for The Sound of Music or something innocuous and I plugged it in thinking I’d be seeing Maria Von Trapp. Oy Vey! So, I destroyed that; found out where he got it from; called that kid’s mom and she said “Good! I would have done the same.” I never allowed cable television in the home because I didn’t want my kid watching the crud on MTV either.
All good parents practice censorship with their children. They are vulnerable and not ready to necessarily know they are being manipulated or propagandized.
I disagree with you strongly on this topic. Do as you wish, but I prefer to live according to God’s precepts.
We have a 20 year old, a 15 year old and a four year old and have not had a TV in the house since just before the oldest was born.
The reason we do not have a TV is not because of the content of TV shows, but because format of a TV broadcast is not conducive to developing learning skills.
As a family we do read a great deal and have hundreds of gigabytes of music. That music collection has music of mine, my wife and the kids.
I have never censored their music as I trust that I have taught them right from wrong and good from bad.
Therefore, when they listen to a classic rock song that deals with satan, drugs, violence, murder or having sex with one’s mother, I know that they will understand that it is just art and something they should emulate.
When they listen to country music that deals with infidelity, drugs, murder, drinking, gambling, satan or sex, I know that they can handle the content.
And there is no subject matter that you will find in Rap or Hip-Hop that you will not find in country music or classic rock.