Have you ever sat down and watched MTV with your teenager? If not, you might want to, so that you can see what is being promoted by a corporation that spends all of its money targeting teens. Their popular show "TRL" (Total Request Live) plays the most popular music videos. Read the next section on music and then imagine those lyrics being acted out in music videos. It will make you cringe. Most of these music videos have barely clothed women performing sexual actions while dancing to the music. The other T.V. shows on MTV are less than edifying for young people. On the show "Date My Mom", mothers go on a date with a young man in hopes of winning that man for their daughter. Sex and body parts are usually the best selling points from the mother's! Movies like American Pie and Road Trip use raunchy jokes and storylines to make a mockery of the sexual act. Is this the message you want them to be entertained by? Here is a website that can help guide you to the right movies and television shows that are appropriate for your children.
http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/publications/moviereviews/main.asp

Most parents probably don't know the lyrics of their kids' favorite songs. Some of the most popular songs out right now have very sexual and suggestive lyrics. For example, in the song "Promiscuous Girl", the singer Nelly Furtado sings, "Promiscuous boy you already know that I'm all yours what you waiting for?" The song "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas has the following lyrics: "I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk, get you love drunk off my hump." And the lyrics get worse in these popular songs. "Lean Wit It Rock Wit It" was a Billboard top 10 song recently. The lyrics are sexually explicit and these songs talk not only about sexually abusing women but also physically abusing them. "If u don't wanna do it, then ill make ya dance, perfect example watch me make your face beat up my hands." Kids are listening to these songs over and over. Songs like these are corrupting young people. As a parent, it is important to know what music your child is listening to.

As previously stated, the media has discovered that sex sells. The average teen views nearly 14,000 sexual references in a year. This isn't just from MTV and raunchy sitcoms, this is also coming from commercials and advertisements. We've become accustomed to seeing sexual beer ads that make people think drinking a certain type of beer will help you date a supermodel. The ads for the brand Axe (men's body wash, deodorant, etc.) are extremely sexual. And everyone knows how Victoria Secret's ads are actually soft porn. But now the sexual themes have come into ads for products you never thought could be marketed in a sexual way. A toothpaste ad marketed to college students showed a couple making out passionately and on the back was a calendar that said to make sure your roommate knew when you needed the place to yourself. With young people receiving all these sexual messages it can be very confusing for them. That's why Generation Life's message of chastity needs to be supported in the home.

The Internet can be a very big temptation for young people, especially boys. It is so easy to access pornography or you could be on a harmless website and get a pop up for a porn website. The Internet can also be dangerous for young people because of privacy issues. Teens sometimes share intimate descriptions of themselves and they can view pictures and text of others on websites like www.myspace.com, www.xanga.com, www.facebook.com, or www.friendster.com. Talk to your teens about how to stay safe while on the Internet.