Fortunato, I still think you are wrong to blame the media for this and your arguement only proves it.   The media just regurgitates what the public wants. The media serves no other purpose than to make money - not that it is right, but that is the way it works. The public buys this crap.   

If your home truly teaches the values you mention (which I'm sure it does) then your children can separate the phony entertainment values and make the right decisions - and that is the point I was getting at.   Blaming the media for violence and "degeneration" is missing the point and an easy (and wrong) excuse.   If you are doing the right things as a parent then your children know the difference.   If a person fails as a parent or a teacher, don't look to the media as the excuse. Check a mirror.

Somehow this has turned into a morals issue, which was not what the discussion was about. Clumping all pop culture under a "degenerate" label fails to recognize what brought it about. Just because a midriff shows or a bra pushes up does not turn a child into a degenerate.

The point I was attempting to make was that you can't ignore pop culture and expect old models to fit current needs. "Kumbayah" is not relevant to a kid watching MTV. However, someone like Eliza Carthy, Jewel, Full Frontal Folk and so many others can show that folk music is "cool" and perhaps, just maybe, some of those kids will learn a little something about the tradition. Whatever happens will only happen because a society makes it possible.

The period only serves to close the sentence, there is still more to the story.

Ron