Honestly i pin this on both the parents and the artists. If artists didnt put racy or inappropriate material on the TV or internet we wouldnt have to worry about kids getting a bad influence,k however, since this stuff is out there, it is also the parents fault as well if their kids pick up on it because they ultimately have the power to block anything inappropriate whether its on the internet or on the TV. and if they dont, then there isnt much stopping the kid from picking up on the behavior
Personally I'm not exactly sure why we're hiding these things from children, but Lady Gaga isn't nearly the worst "idol" we've had in recent times. I think a lot of the members here would have grown up with Britney Spears, who not only had all the same obscenities as Lady Gaga, but also went on to fuck her life up again and again. Lady Gaga seems to be fairly stable, so if anything parents nowadays should feel lucky. Also, new video clip is light shit, wouldn't think twice about it when i was a little younger.
But the thing is pop music is usually aimed at teenagers not little kids. If you have a kid, teach them that this behaviour that celebrities have is wrong and is not allowed. As a parent you have control over what your child watches, get them into Taylor Swift or someone less controversial. I grew up with Britney and Xtina around me because my mum let me listen to their music but not dress like them, because I didn't want to have my tits hanging out of my top, but no way on earth would my mother let me watch Gaga film clips. As a parent comes a responsibility to give your kid the best uprising, even if it means denying them to watch or listen to certain things. Cos no fucking way was I allowed to watch Titanic until I was 16.
Fix'd And seriously, if we're going to talk about teenagers here, music videos are fucking light. I don't know anyone who doesn't watch porn from time to time. Kids acting like celebrities is not really a problem at all as far as I see it, at my school, we should probably be focusing on getting half my year off cigarettes... Edit:
You just can't stop inappropriate content from touching child, no matter how hard artist/parents try. Internet is everywhere, and you just can't stop it. The problem is from the society and children themselves. Society influenced children with inappropriate content. Children can't help being influenced. And here it goes.
It'll get to the point where the music and associated imagery become more of an influence than the parents are, though.
I guess it comes down to, the kids will later learn what all that stuff (when they where younger) was not as good/cool as they thought, and they have to learn about that stuff anyway.
It's up to the parent. Like the music artist, they have a right to an opinion and the right to voice it or do with it as they please. Their children are their own charge and they can monitor what they see and often should in this day and age, which has only grown more and more liberal with views on sex, overall. The artist has the right to free speech and I think music videos easily fall under the first amendment's protection.
It comes down to a child's upbringing. We are over saturated with media (by this I mean the means to acquire information). We will all be exposed to pretty much everything on the planet simply because everything is recorded and broadcast and posted and streamed and talked about and etc and etc. So, if a parent does not explain things to their child, their child will not know how to react. In some cases, this doesn't matter, they still become productive members of society. Sometimes, they blame a musician when they kill someone. Sure, the media should be more responsible, but so should the parents.
It's the parents responsibility to make sure their kids know what's right from what's wrong and what kind of behavior is appropriate and what isn't. If it means taking measures to make sure the kids aren't exposed to certain things at times then so be it. Unfortunately its impossible to completely shield your child from the world so the best thing to do is to talk to them and try to get them to understand.
Boundaries will continue to be pushed just as they always have. Every generation has had this argument and then the next generation turns out just fine. Eventually having the same argument somewhere down the line. As for the fault, parents to some degree but sometimes no matter the upbringing some people will turn out the way they do. Parents are obligated to teach them right and wrong but they can only enforce it so much. Artists aren't going to stop and neither is sex appeal, so teach the kids about it. Plus, despite being very trusting studies have shown people are their most rational at twelve lol.