LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 218
It’s a conflict as old as the idea of teenagers themselves: the tension between parents and their kids’ music choices. From Elvis’ earliest days until today, kids have often locked on to music that, for one reason or another, we parents can’t hardly stand.
These days, there might be less of a generation gap than there was 30 or 40 years ago. It’s not uncommon for parents and their kids to share musical interests. But still, at some point, young Tommy or Tonya are going to discover an artist that they connect with deeply but whom parents just don’t “get.”
So what do we do in those moments? Do we just issue the edict, “Nope. Not in my house!” In some cases, maybe that’s exactly how we need to respond. But there might be other ways to deal with that disconnect, too, depending on how old your kids are and how problematic their music choices might be. And this week on The Plugged In Show, Bob Hoose, Jonathan McKee and I will talk about that very issue.
In our second segment, Emily Tsiao joins us to talk about a growing concern in metaverse virtual reality worlds: the threat of virtual assault. Emily will help us understand what we need to know about this potential digital threat and why it’s important to understand that the metaverse might not be quite the digital utopia its “founders” hoped.
As always, we’d love to hear from you, too. What musical choices have your teens made that pressed your buttons, and how did you respond?
You can let us know in us several different ways: The comments section below is one method. Or shoot us an email at [email protected]. And if you head over to our podcast homepage, thepluggedinshow.com, you’ll find a black ribbon on the right-hand side of the page where you can leave us a voicemail with your thoughts—we might even feature your audio message on a future show. And, of course, Facebook and Instagram are options, too.
And if there’s anything else on your mind when it comes to movies, entertainment, pop culture and technology, we’d love to hear what you’re thinking about. We look forward to connecting with you.
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I really appreciate Pluggedin Online taking the time to publish these well written articles.
If you want to say “Nope. Not in my house!”, go right ahead, but all your kids will take away from that is that you have the authority to make the rules in the house. You need to try to understand why they’re interested in it and find some way to curb their appetite for it if possible. If you don’t curb their appetite for it, they’ll still be interested in it and find a way to listen to it more carefully so they don’t get caught, such as listening to it at school or at a friend’s house.
Very well stated. “Here’s why not” is going to be a lot more effective than “because I said so,” especially if your child risks being a social outcast because they’re not allowed to listen to the latest Cannibal Corpse album or whatever.