Warning ⚠ , probably controversial, but I don’t care I have to get it off my chest.

If we didnt like that type of music then it wouldn't be played. A large amount of society likes that type of music which is why it is okay. I personally dont use the "N" word and i think it is gross but our culture has turned it into a word that is used like "buddy" or "pal" because is was so degrading when it was being used that bow using it isnt as harmful. Depends on the person. I dont think that anyone should use it but i also dont think that any other race should use it. As a people we have to come together and stop buying to all the ignorance so it can die. The more we starve it, the better.

@morgan.k, exactly!! That’s my point. I get so tired of the immediate parent shaming for kids that go rogue. The parents can be very good people who tried their best but the friends that child surrounded himself with and the music they listened to and the idols they tried to be like and the School they attended and the other adults that had a part in their lives, can be an even bigger influence than the parents alone.

@beemommyof3, so true! We have to do it together or it won’t happen. I’m just afraid that will never happen because theirs so much hate and intolerance in this world. People don’t want to work together to build a better future for our children. They can’t see what is happening and how future generations will be even more messed up than us if we don’t.

But you can educate your child and that may be enough. My son goes to a predominately Caucasian school and I notice he doesnt deal with the same struggles as my nephews who go to a predominately african American school. They have to wear the right shoes, have to have the right clothes, and listen to certain music. My son on the other hand loves those ugly ass Batman shoes that light up from walmart, i buy them because he likes them and everyone at school thinks they are cool. now my nephews on the other hand love those but my sister buys them jordans because other kids made fun of them. The difference is night and day. The atmosphere is even different. I like the fact that my son can be himself. These days parents are parenting out of fear and not just doing what is right for their children.

@beemommyof3, you are so right. My daughter is 13. Since we moved from a school that was relatively 50/50 to a school that is 98% African American, she has changed so much I hardly recognize her. She talks different, acts different, dresses different, and talks to me with this tone that I can’t stand all the time. It’s not her. Her grades have dropped, she spends more time in her room than ever. I am happy she made friends so quickly but I don’t know them. They don’t come around. I don’t know if they are good influences or not but her ways now make me think they aren’t. It scares me truly.

@brookemmoore I think certain things parents do can alter the way a child thinks but I'm talking abuse and not validating feelings or belittling them but I'm a believer in once you reach a certain age it's time to become an adult and stop blaming other for the way someone grew up. Sometimes it's true but most of the time, not.

Yeah. that is what is hard about school is that your child is around other peoples kids and they teach differently then you. I never told my son what his privates were called, i only told him that his privates should never be touched by anyone. First day at first grade he learns its a penis and girls have vaginas and im like ugh!! I know it isnt a big deal but its like damn let me teach him how i want to. Even bad words. He knows all of them now because garren at school has a potty mouth. smh. You gotta raise your babies by 5 before the schools get a hold of him or pay for private school. 😔😔😔

@beemommyof3, so true girl it’s so hard to be a parent now!

@mom_x3, I would’ve flipped too. I don’t understand how any woman can condone that at all but there’s so many that do anyway, it just makes me so angry.

@mom_x3, exactly!