I believe that music has very little negative influence on the behavior of our youth. Music is entertainment and I believe that is the only effect it has on our youth. It entertains them. I really do not see how music can influence them in a negative way. Music does not have that much power over anyone. The most that I believe that can possibly happen is that people will start to sing along with the song. And maybe the song will have curse words or talk about sex and drugs and that might be the only thing that can be a negative thing about music because the kids will be repeating those things. But I do not believe that the kids will take those things literally. Just because some rap songs talk about getting money, selling drugs does not mean that they are going to go out there and do those things. It also does not mean kids will join gangs and kill people just because a song mentions those things. Again, the only thing that can music can possibly do that would affect kids negatively is the constantly curse words, but I believe that is about it.
There could be a couple of kids that could be negatively affected by this, but I believe that those kids could already have something psychologically wrong with them. They could possibly be depressed or something like that and that could be the reason that they take the songs literally. When they hear certain songs that they might feel are about them. And if that happens then they might get negative influences through the music I listen to. Other than these things that I just mentioned I do not believe that there are any more negative influences that music can cause. So I do not believe that music is a negative influence I believe that it can be more of a positive influence to most of us. Music can make people happy and relax you when you need to relax. It is something that can make you feel like you have nothing to worry about. It is a perfect way to escape the real world for a while so you will not be stressed out all the time.
If I had to choose a genre of music that could possibly be a negative influence on the youth, it would be rock music. I have nothing against rock it is just that some of their songs seem to really influence people it is not just youth it is all different group ages. When I listen to rock music it makes me feel angry and pumped up, but I do not think that I will ever do anything out of the ordinary just because the song mentions a couple of things that people should not do. These are some reasons why i do not believe that music can have much negative influence on our youth. The sooner everyone understands that, the sooner every one can go back to enjoying music the way it should be enjoyed.
I love your post and I agree with you that music doesn’t take control of people. I think that if someone especially a teenager is going to let a song affect them so much that they kill themselves, that person would probably not last in life that much longer anyway. Sometimes things seemed big as a teenager, but now my problems are so big that looking back at being a teenager seems completely insignificant compared to the hard times now. If I couldn’t make it in life then, I definitely could not survive the stress, bills, responsibilities, and all the issues that I deal with now. I also agree that music provides people with a positive outlet more often than a bad one. I used to listen to all kinds of rap and rock songs that I hope my own kids don’t listen to them, but they really didn’t influence my behavior. I knew it was just entertainment and it would be stupid to take it all literally and copy people. I think kids are smarter and wiser than a lot of adults give them credit for. Again, I really enjoyed reading your post!
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of good points, but I think it really depends on how strong that individual is and how easily they are influenced. Everyone has different ways of dealing with the pressure some things have. For negative music. Many can have a hard time ignoring what is said and letting it really impact there lives in a negative way. If they want to be like the artist that is singing or rapping then they might mock them. Sometimes when a kid has nobody to look up to. They then look up to the one that there are listening to in the music. Music is not necessarily the entire blame for a kids actions, but it can have some influence. The parent’s or guardian should be more selective on what there kids listen to. If they do not monitoring what the children are listening to then you can not really blame the musician a hundred percent. It really goes both ways I a case like this one. Music can Affect kids negatively and positively. It just depends on there self discipline and how they react to that certain song. The points you made were understanding, but it is always very controversial in topics like these.
ReplyDeletemusic only expresses the way we already feel, it does not influence the way we act. if were already in a crappy mood our music will show that, if our hearts are broken the music we listen to will also show that. the youth is just the same they pick the music according to their feelings so its what's already inside them that makes them act the way that they do not the music that they listen to. all forms of music get a bum rap and seems to be the fall guy for the troubled youth, especially rock and it should not be so. If we all sat down and had a heart felt conversation with the youth we would have a better understanding of them and their chose of music.
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