My oldest is 8.5 and starting to listen to real music on his own, so it's been on my mind a lot lately, too. I listen to a mix (adult contemporary) radio station where the talk is fairly PG, and most of the things I wouldn't want my kids to hear in a song go over their heads. If a song that's overtly inappropriate comes on (or one that I wouldn't want them asking me the meaning of), I change the channel. I'm fairly comfortable with how I handle it when I'm with the kids, but when DS is listening on his own it's a new ball game. For now DH and I still have a lot of control over what he's listening to, but I know that will get harder soon.
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