04-27-2008, 01:07 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Victoria, B.C.
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Music with little ears around...
Hey guys. My 100th post, and I have a question for any parents on this board.
Our first child is due to be born in about 3 weeks. I personally listen to a lot of music with somewhat "objectionable" lyrics (Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, NIN, etc.) that I'm not entirely sure I want the little guy hearing for quite some time. How does one go about dealing with the music issue? Listen in private (ie, the car), stop listening all together, what? Any ideas?
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Last edited by C_Rush; 04-27-2008 at 01:12 PM.
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04-27-2008, 01:15 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
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iPods and after bedtime once they're older. When they're babies it doesn't really matter unless you wholeheartedly by into the idea that classical music will turn you baby into brilliant adult.
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04-27-2008, 01:20 PM
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Missed the bus
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Just teach him as he grows about the music you are listening to and that it's charged up emotions coming out through the venue of music rather than something stupid like violence or hate. He'll turn out to be a total political genius.
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04-27-2008, 01:44 PM
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04-27-2008, 02:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C_Rush
Hey guys. My 100th post, and I have a question for any parents on this board.
Our first child is due to be born in about 3 weeks. I personally listen to a lot of music with somewhat "objectionable" lyrics (Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, NIN, etc.) that I'm not entirely sure I want the little guy hearing for quite some time. How does one go about dealing with the music issue? Listen in private (ie, the car), stop listening all together, what? Any ideas?
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04-27-2008, 03:15 PM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
iPods and after bedtime once they're older. When they're babies it doesn't really matter unless you wholeheartedly by into the idea that classical music will turn you baby into brilliant adult.
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I thought it was just anything with a 4/4 beat.... Straight up Rock and Roll
I play music like that around my daughter.... I try not to talk like that, and she doesnt know what it means so the odd swear I dont think she is going to pick up on...
She sings to Walk by Pantera
[Little kid jibberish] We....spect
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04-27-2008, 04:01 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Just you wait until her first words are "F you Roloson!"
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04-27-2008, 04:16 PM
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CP's Fraser Crane
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Just you wait until her first words are "F you Roloson!"
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SHe is already starting to talk so they wont be her first words...
But more like "F you Torres!"
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04-27-2008, 04:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Just you wait until her first words are "F you Roloson!"
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I bet Roloson whines more than his kid! 
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04-27-2008, 06:30 PM
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My experience so far has been that my kids prefer my music over all the kiddy stuff, except for group activities with other kids where sing-a-longs are busting out, or where there's an activity that goes with it like Ring Around the Rosey.
I say unless the music listening is a focused activity, where the music and being able to sing/play along is important, let them listen to what you listen to. I do try to keep the volume down lower than I might like, their ears are more fragile, obviously. It's a lot of fun to switch around stations in the car too, and see what music they like and what they don't - you'd be suprised. The first time my 4 year old asked for "wock and woll" in the car, I was suitably proud, especially since thats not a term I've taught her.
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04-27-2008, 07:19 PM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Teach your kids to swear appropriately and creatively at a young age. Too many people these days just toss f-bombs around like they don't mean anything. A good swear is one of the most powerful communication tools we have.
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04-27-2008, 07:42 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge
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My six-year old's favourite bands are Green Day and Bad Religion. We have always simply told him that those words are out there, but not for use in normal conversation. That way, when you hit yourself with the hammer and drop and F-Bomb, you brush it off as an unexpected outburst. It seems to work, I don't think my son has sworn yet, even though he knows all the words. We just don't make a big deal about them so there's no 'forbidden' pleasure in saying them.
Our point of view is that we don't mind if the word slips out now and again as long as it's never directed at another person.
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