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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with PPs who said an outright ban isn't going to get you anywhere. Kids have been watching and listening to scandalous music since Tipper Gore's Neanderthal ancestor complained that some of the cave kids were banging two sticks together in a manner that was entirely too suggestive for a family drum circle.

I encourage my kid to be the car DJ, but have a loose "three strikes" rule -- if I raise my eyebrows at a word or phrase too often, I ask for the next song. [b]I also wax pedantic about racist/sexist/dangerous lyrics -- as you would imagine, he loves that, and so those songs don't get played as much. Win-win.[/b]

It's fun to listen to them "discover" artists, and to be shocked that their old mom knows something about them too. Sort of how our parents bit their tongues when we blasted the Rolling Stones.[/quote]

This is my approach too. I don’t censor anything. But when something comes on along the lines of “your ho is sleeping with me ‘cause I have more money,” I make sure to point out all the sexism and warped values. As a result, he tends to play Ed Sheeran in my car or somebody more indie but creative.

The good news is that they grow out of it after a few years. At least, my kid now in college grew out of it. [/quote]

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