Children dating too young

In a study in which adolescents who preferred heavy metal and rap music were compared with those who preferred other types of music, results indicated that the former consistently showed below-average current and elementary school grades, with a history of counseling in elementary school for academic problems.only 9% of parents revealed being concerned about inappropriate content in music.The effect that popular music has on children's and adolescents' behavior and emotions is of paramount concern.Lyrics have become more explicit in their references to drugs, sex, and violence over the years, particularly in certain genres.Forty-two percent of the songs on these CDs contained very explicit sexual content.

The authors of that study described an association between negative emotional response to music and risk-taking behaviors and even suggested that what triggers risky behavior in some adolescents is the negative emotional response rather than the type of music.To understand the importance of music in the life of adolescents, a survey performed in the early 1990s of 2760 American adolescents aged 14 through 16 years revealed that they listened to music an average of 40 hours per week.found that a sample of 2465 adolescents in England reported listening to music for an average of 2.45 hours per day.It also is easily available through the radio, various recordings, the Internet, and new technologies, allowing adolescents to hear it in diverse settings and situations, alone or shared with friends.Adolescents are not the only young consumers of popular music.

On a study performed in 2005 to assess media use of 8- to 18-year-olds in the United States, Roberts et al reported that on a given day, 85% of 8- to 18-year-olds listen to music.