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daydreamdani · 12-27-2009, 01:58 PM

I think that if the media has such an effect on the young minds of the world there would only be one way to solve that, and that one way would be to have complete and ridiculously strong control on what the media does. Which might start infringing on the rights of people, limiting self expression and angering thousands. All that would take money, time and power, and well, I'm pretty sure that much power for one group to have would end bad.
I believe that if people have a problem with their children being influenced by the world around them then they can monitor their own children. We should not be parenting all of the worlds youth, take care of your own. I would like to use me as an example as to how the media does not have a MASSIVE effect on youth. I am seventeen, and grew up Cali and my parents have let me be exposed to everything. I was not really monitored in what I was viewing and I'm doing pretty good. I mean, I've seen porn that would blow your mind, I listen to popular mainstream music and see anorexic models in magazines and on t.v all the time and I think for my age I'm a good person. I follow the rules and most of the laws, I come home by curfew, I don't do drugs,and I weigh what a normal person my size should. Given I do have premarital sex, and did do drugs but not that was not because of Lady Gaga or Little Wayne. That is because I wanted to. For me the music just came with what I was doing, I didn't go with the music.
So, I think us youth should be given a little more credit when it comes to the media's influence on us. In the end when we start to grow up were just fine, and if we are not, well, don't blame what we hear on the radio, blame our parents.

12-27-2009, 01:58 PM	#16 (permalink)
daydreamdani Groupie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Antelope valley Posts: 33	I think that if the media has such an effect on the young minds of the world there would only be one way to solve that, and that one way would be to have complete and ridiculously strong control on what the media does. Which might start infringing on the rights of people, limiting self expression and angering thousands. All that would take money, time and power, and well, I'm pretty sure that much power for one group to have would end bad. I believe that if people have a problem with their children being influenced by the world around them then they can monitor their own children. We should not be parenting all of the worlds youth, take care of your own. I would like to use me as an example as to how the media does not have a MASSIVE effect on youth. I am seventeen, and grew up Cali and my parents have let me be exposed to everything. I was not really monitored in what I was viewing and I'm doing pretty good. I mean, I've seen porn that would blow your mind, I listen to popular mainstream music and see anorexic models in magazines and on t.v all the time and I think for my age I'm a good person. I follow the rules and most of the laws, I come home by curfew, I don't do drugs,and I weigh what a normal person my size should. Given I do have premarital sex, and did do drugs but not that was not because of Lady Gaga or Little Wayne. That is because I wanted to. For me the music just came with what I was doing, I didn't go with the music. So, I think us youth should be given a little more credit when it comes to the media's influence on us. In the end when we start to grow up were just fine, and if we are not, well, don't blame what we hear on the radio, blame our parents. __________________ “May the wind always be on your back and the sun upon your face and may the winds of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.” Name that movie, and you get an online high five!