Where
should the process of shaping children’s music philosophy begin? First, start by providing good quality music
in your home. If parents provide many
good choices of both secular and sacred music in their home, children will
develop enriched musical tastes at an early age. Second, parents should get involved by taking
their children to music concerts and discussing what went on at those concerts
including the performers, and the styles of music performed. Third, get your children involved in music lessons
at an early age. Positive involvement in
music making is a very valuable influence in a child’s development of likes and
dislikes in music. The more musical
knowledge and music skill a young person acquires, the more equipped he or she
will be to make educated, mature decisions about music.
The
nitty-gritty of making musical choices will many times be difficult for
teenagers. They will explore and they
push the limits set by the home, church, and the Christian school. The lines of communication between parents
and teenagers must be kept open. There
must be no name-calling, no unwarranted accusations, no anger, and no rancor in
parent-teenager musical discussions.
Parents should remember that if a young person’s musical choices do not
involve extreme musical styles that are associated with anti-Christ living and
if the music is clean morally, teenagers have a right to likes and dislikes in
music. Just because a parent doesn’t
like a particular style of music is not sufficient reason to deny a child or
teenager access to that music. I want to
make it very clear that I am not referring to rock music or popular music that
is of an offensive nature.
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