KILLER CULTURE.

The article “Killer Culture”, by David Kupelian, discusses how popular culture has taken over the media and is corrupting the minds of youth society. David discusses about how certain aspects of popular culture like MTV have a huge negative aspect on society. Everything that MTV displays on their channel is a commercial in an attempt to sell the viewer something. MTV consists of music television videos, sponsors, advertisements, and much more all with the sole purpose to get into the viewers head. Today’s youth society has drastically changed from the youth society of the previous decades. Across the nation, there are teenagers in rebellion because of not being loved absolutely, for “children deserve and desperately need firmness, patience, fairness, limits, kindness, insight, and a good, non-hypocritical example” (Kupelian). These are the traits that every parent should possess and without these traits, a child may rebel and everything they were taught to dislike to maintain the right path may eventually seem attractive to them. This includes body piercings, tattoos, and meaningless sex with countless individuals. For a parent this is a gruesome nightmare, but in the mind of Kupelian, it is all the parents’ responsibility.

I believe Kupelian is correct in the sense that if a parent does not act in the way a good parent should, it could have very negative effects on the child. Without a parent to justify between what is right and wrong would lead to complete and utter chaos in a child’s life. However, too much parenting or over-protection can also lead to the same disastrous outcome. Parents need to guide their children toward the right path and control the atmosphere in which they live and learn in, but to try to control one’s child will never end in the way that parent wants. Many parents blame social media on why their child is so nasty, but many parents forget about parent control. It is very hard to uncorrupt a child who has been exposed to popular media, but if one were to simply block channels on the television that they found unsuitable for their child, there would be a huge disaster averted. Many parents just let their children surf the web and scroll through the television, but the Internet can be a terrible place. If a child is pre-exposed to adult content the psychological effects can be quite damaging. The ideal situation would be not to expose a child to the vast and disturbing ways of the Internet until their brains have matured enough to where they can understand and comprehend what they see. By doing this, these children will not become corrupted or addicted to the Internet and will live more “normal” lives, spending more time outside and free. It is only fair to a child that they be raised in a suitable atmosphere where they can grow and educate in a healthy environment not infested with popular culture.