Tuesday, July 24, 2012

First of all, I would love if you would read the article that my colleagues and I slaved over by clicking right here.

Second, I would like to send a special, special shoutout to young Nyles who has given my wife and I his cold for the second time in a little over a month. I'm learning now that when your child is sick, short of living in a bubble and wearing masks, it is impossible to avoid getting that same cold..with one caveat. The cold my son has involves intermittent sneezing and coughing and mild congestion. Once it morphs into an adult cold, it picks up strength like a hurricane in the Atlantic, and it hits harder, faster and with way more impact. I stayed home with the little fella yesterday, and today I needed to stay home, but I'm back at work. So the big middle finger to that kid who gave the cold to my son.

And thirdly, my oldest son has started rapping, and he's dropping curse words and "N" words like he's Kool G Rap. His mother and stepfather don't seem to mind, which makes me look like the villain in this scenario..which is perfectly fine with me, but still. A 14 year old high school kid should not be posting his profane rhymes on facebook, soundcloud or anywhere, he should be trying to graduate and go to college. That's just my opinion, but it doesn't seem to be shared by the other adults his life, which is infuriating to say the least. I would post the link to the page with his music on there, but I can't do that right now...I'm not spreading that filth. I can't decide whether I'm offended as a parent or a fan of rap music..but I am offended. Clearly he's influenced by the cadences and rhymes of Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. If you were to scan my ipod, you may see 5-10 songs combined from those artists. I respect (kind of) their work, but I'm not a big enough fan to by their entire album. Plus they aren't talking about anything worth getting excited about.

Anyway, my son did record his last three songs profanity and "n" word free, so maybe I'm getting through to him. I know he curses and all that when I'm not around, which is fine (kind of). But you CANNOT put that b.s. up on the internets for all to see, because it stays with you...like herpes or Bob.


4 comments:

Jazzbrew said...

Yeah man... I'm with you on this one. I would have a fit if Henry were to do that at the age of 14. Now granted, his Daddy has somewhat of a potty mouth but I'm working on curbing that before the young fella starts to mimic everything I do.

maxwellsmusze said...

Carlton is growing up and now I imagine what you're feeling is what our parents felt about some of our music. Although, I can't think of what was so bad when we were kids that would disgust them. Anyway...love the What About Bob referece!

maxwellsmusze said...

Carlton is growing up and now I imagine what you're feeling is what our parents felt about some of our music. Although, I can't think of what was so bad when we were kids that would disgust them. Anyway...love the What About Bob referece!

Sab D said...

"I can't curse cause Heavy D said so ..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iztp036z54