After a long day at work, Tom’s mother walks in the door and down the hall to Toms room to let him know that she is home. As she approached his door she hears a streaming flow of foul language blaring out from under Toms door. She quickly opes her 12 year old’s door to find Tom, pants sagging with a bandana on his head, screaming out the lyrics of Eminem’s latest

album. She quickly turns off the thumping sound and asks Tom where he got the CD. He said

that he bought in on his way home from school with the money he earning mowing the lawn.

Music! What’s the big deal? Why should anyone care what an individual listens too?

Music can create a mood. When someone wants to relax he might listen to calm soothing music.

When someone is in a good mood, she could listen to upbeat top 40's music. When someone has

had a rough day where nothing thing goes right, she may crank up the heavy metal. Or when

someone is mad at the world he might throw in a rap cd. There is nothing wrong with just listening to music, but more often then not, that is not the case. Listening is not enough. People,especially young teens and pre-teens, want to look, act, sing

RIAA warning consists of only “Parental Advisory, Explicit Content?” Rating music like movies are rated would help clear up any confusion to the content, or the implied content, of the lyrics.

, and dress like their favorite music star. Or, sometimes worse, they want to be the kind of people their idols are singing about.

and appeared to broaden their social circles(Mc Allister). This study is strong evidence that

the entertainment world that [their children] may encounter”(par 4). By rating cd’s and not

movie to be rated is voluntary. A panel of adults would rate the cd based on content, and how

Other people may say that this would be too difficult to put into practice. Initially, there

about what that kind of impact the cd has on him and more importantly what should it be rated.

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