We are daily tested on our character in so many different places. At school, at home, at extracurricular events, at church, in everyday places in general. This can be through so many different ways including peer pressure, TV, music, magazines, newspaper and so many more. Young people are bombarded with these things daily. But the thing is they have no idea they are because they have grown up around all of this. It never crosses there mind that if they listen to music watch TV shows, or read magazines about drugs violence and sex there going to be mentally effected.
Our parents didn't have to worry about this because only 50% of Americans computers and most of the music listened to at that time was soft rock 'n roll and disco. What is it now? We have pop, rock, country, punk rock, Christan, rap, and so so so much more. But how many songs talk about drugs violence and sex? I can only guess a lot more than half. As your growing listening this music becomes YOUR PERSONALITY! You have all seen the movie where they're classifying teens by what kind of music they listen to. Simplest example "High School Musical." You have your punk rock, and your Broadway "show tunes" geeks.
TV is just as bad. Recently my 10 year old family member was looking through the TV channels and came across one and yells to me "What is the Playboy station?" O.k what do you say? In my head i said why the heck would you make that a station? Something like this so disturbing so accessible to young people.
Media is one of the things that is killing the future of our society! This is because they have no idea what there brain is processing is so bad for them because they are immune to it because they have grown up with it. This is such a simple thing you can help fix just but limiting the use of unappropriated things around the house like watch the type of music you play and movies or videos on the computer you watch.