A Voice for Our Children: Protecting Young Minds – Join Us This World Children’s Day

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There is no doubt that children absorb their norms and standards from their environment .  Songs with explicit sexual content and curse words normalize these things which is unhealthy for psychological development and may make a child more likely to be abused. 

I believe children should be protected until they are adults and able to understand the possible consequences of their actions and to make informed choices . 

I personally block people who curse or make explicit sexual comments or advertise sex toys in my chats or on my Facebook Pages . 

When something is on the airwaves or being played in public you can’t block it out . Your children are being polluted as they dance and sing along . You yourself may find the words coming out of your own mouth. 

I believe the choice to listen to songs with sexually explicit or foul language lyrics, just like smoking and drinking alcohol and consenting to sex -  should all be for adults only.    Please protect the children of Dominica.

Tina Alexander, Lifeline Ministries