I'm a parent of three and i can tell u all children have different personalities and some are stronger than the others..me and my children get along like best friends but there comes a time i cant just be a friend but a real mom..i know its easy for many of u to say that the music wont affect but this is how i see it.. You only get one chance to raise ur children, there is no going back to make it right so why take chances..why not be the best parent u can be in raising ur kids...if music can possibly affect ur child and u dont know how strong ur child is then why let it in ur home..everyone is different but thats how i was when my kids where younger..now they older so they can listen to what they want but i still dont allow certain things in my house. when they have kids of their own its a different story.. sometimes i ask my son, would you let your child listen to this? and he'll say no.. so to me things change once you become a parent because like i said, you only get one shot at parenting your child so raise him the best way u can.. they gonna hear and see all the violence outside anyway so why bring it into ur home? thats my opinion..i think music changes ur mood and plays a big part in ur life..we can be the best parents but ur kids will always have their own personalities..i just know in the end as a parent u can look back and now u did ur best as a parent..you will never really know if music will affect them but why take that chance anyway..

If you go overly strict on your children they're more likely to rebel, I personally knew someone who wouldn't buy her son a 'toy gun' or something like that until he was 12 or so, I mean come on. I see no reason for why you would foribd your children (not saying you) to listen to any type of music unless you think they're stupid enough to actually live by the things put out in gangsta rap videos or what ever, or even worse some of that heavy metal bullshit is much worse than gangsta rap so ugh. I personally wouldn't tell my kids not to watch banned movies though I wouldn't let them watch porno flicks.. But I'd allow them to watch horror movies/action movies and that type of stuff if they wanted to.. You forbid your children to watch 18+ movies or w/e they're much more likely to do it.. I personally was never 'not allowed' to watch something but my cousin was and when ever he came over he'd watch a bunch of boring shit (imo) just because he wasn't allowed to, nobody else was interested in them except for him which I believe to be because his mother was the only one to go overly strict in that area.

If you think your kid will do what he sees in movies have him locked up in a mental hospital or what ever because he probably isn't functioning like he should be.