Modern Morality 101
Over the past few generations, moral and family values have greatly decreased. As kids grow up in modern times, they are not being educated nearly enough about family values and the right or wrong ways of things. For instance, quite a few parents divorce after having children nowadays, leaving many single parents who must work hard and take on both parenting roles. This makes it harder to set a good example for their kids and teach proper moral and family values. Yet, the older generations blame modern pop culture for this lack of value. This shows that few really understand the real issue at hand.The real issue isn't really about censorship or editing the bad out of society. The phrase, "All things in Moderation", describes the faultiness of this approach. With the good must come bad. No, the real issue is not showing the goodness of society. So instead of focusing all the attention towards the wrongs, we should really be educating kids about the wrongs and the rights of all things. This can best be performed by not depriving children of the ideas and images which the older generations deem negative. As with all youth, rebellion is a common result of the banishment of popular or sought after wants, no matter how negative or pos
Today's pop culture consists mainly on 'angry' rappers, such as Eminem and Dr. Dre. 'Angry' rappers tend to focus their music on hate and violence. They rap about beating their wives and having hoes, as well as killing in spite for stupid things. Not exactly the best kind of values to learn. Honestly though, there is nothing wrong with them singing about these issues, after all there is the freedom of expression. However, they ought to be a bit more responsible in knowing they are current role models, and as such, have the power to teach others, especially through their music. If they wish to rap their songs they way they do, they can at least tone them down or balance them with some positive lyrics pasted somewhere in them. As stated before, "All things in moderation." Even understanding that life must adapt and evolve as societies develop, the current moral and family values should not have declined this far as a result of who is currently popular in the music industry and what is not. They must have declined because what is deemed 'normal' or 'acceptable' in modern society has declined as well. itive. Not only that, but if we deprive the children of future generations of the negatives of society, they won't learn about the negatives of the past and pres
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