I volunteer at a youth club in the week and i see first hand how video’s like this are affecting our children in the uk.
I can see that kids are hanging on every word and action of these ‘music artists’ and they are too young to distinguish between what should be taken seriously and not.
11 yr old girls come dressed as strippers, the boy’s neither respect them or wish to. By the way sexual violence amongst teenagers is increasing at a staggering rate, anorexia amongst girls has increased by 125% in the last decade.
The boys are reciting rap ‘songs’ with sexualy explicit and violent lyrics.
The have pornography on their mobiles which they share with other minor’s regardless as to whether or not other minor’s wish to recieve it.
It can often be impossible to gain any control over or respect from these kids. They often use the M.F word and other such words, they intimidate and harrass.
Now i will compare these kids in the uk with kid’s i have encountered in 3rd world countries where they are subjected to a great deal of civil war and horrific violence.
Whilst in Brazil for 4 months (a country with some of the most violent cities in the world) I can say that most of the children i came across were incredibly polite, respectful and all held christian belief and attended church.
Whilst in India for a month. Again the children as above, eager to learn and incredibly respectful towards adults.
As in very poor area’s of Mexico, Africa, Philippines, i could go on.
From my own personal experience i can see a vivid difference between children who are being constantly bombarded with media that glorifies sex and violence day after day and children who live in very poor countries where street violence and civil war is the norm.
Our children are being forced to know too much too soon and it is ruining them and robbing them of innocence.
Whilst in the countries i mentioned, i can say how refreshing it was to see children who were truly children.
Whilst i would never wish one of my own children to be subjected to what kids in 3rd world countries are subjected to, why then would i choose to allow them to be educated by the likes of Lady GaGa and Beyonce when i can see first hand how it is affecting our children?

I am not a fan of quick-cut editing, but I understand that it’s a staple in the music video genre, and “Telephone” uses it better than most. The story itself is over-the-top camp, and great fun to watch. The production values are excellent, and the whole thing is just bursting with wild, imaginative touches.

As for being a threat to our children: Ehhh, no. It’s nowhere near as bad an influence as 150 years ago when children grew up in the South and saw slavery every single day. I think it’s funny how traditional people are always so afraid of our kids being corrupted, and always complaining about how things are getting worse when in fact our kids are being exposed to less and less real-life horrors as the years pass. As for this video: I’ll admit the violence and the crime is not a very good example for kids, but the sensuality and the language are negligible. Profanity is something so TINY to get worked up over. I think it’s silly that a movie can get rated R for one use of the word MF-er, but a PG-rated movie can get away with showing emotionally-horrific domestic abuse. Which one is really worse for our society?