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by Ryan Stroud
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why do people think emo is so bad? woah im least bit emo i dont cry or cut myslef id rather go out on dates than write poetry, sk8 or play football
i laughed at this artical.. along with many others i read, but i think that i might help some parents to understand some music that teens, like myself and many others, understand their teens.
This is genius. If all the parents start liking emo, it won't be "cool" to listen to anymore. Then it will go away and be gone. Oh, God, will the sun shine?
...........parents will never understand (in my mind, at least). Don't make them understand, make them accept. My dad doesn't try, all he does is yell, get mad, and tell me I'm wrong. So I find myself hating him. My mother tries sooo hard to overcome the dark, shadow-bidding creature I am. Therefore, she is my only real friend an person I trust. :) Scene 4ever! ^_^
this list friggin rocks!!!!
I’m a school nurse & you wouldn’t believe how many of the “emo” kids cut. They call themselves “emo,” by the way. We’ve sent at least a dozen kids to the local psychiatric hospital for self-injury and suicidal ideation just during this school year. I was pretty confused about the whole “emo” thing until one of the kids showed me the website whatisemo.bravehost. (just add dot com) Once I saw that site, I understand the issue much better; please take the time to view this and protect yourself and your loved ones.
I am a mother of an "emo" child and I would just like to say that this sight has not helped me at all. My son is like a suicidal girl. I try to understand but I just dont. He is always saying, "Note to self I miss you terribly". Is that some sort of emo saying? Do all emo's say things like this? I need to know. He refuses to talk to his family or his therapist. What can I do to keep him from acting like this? You people say that being "emo" is just your way of life, but why do you want to live like this. Just because you love someone or a person close to you dies doesn't mean that you should harm yourself in any way. My son has not had any sort of problems in his life that would make him want to act the way he does. Is it the depressing music that makes him want to do these things to himself? Is it todays music that has influenced our children to behave like this? Please help me understand what is happening to my son before he dies.Emo now vs. Emo then has changed over the years, trust me. The songs being sung in these album do not suggest hurting yourself by cutting or killing. Emo culture doesnt reflect the music scene of today at all. Today's emo kids are completly different. The music that they call emo now is in no way what it was then. But you need to further help your child. Meds are good when supervised. therapy is also good, but maybe your child needs to express himself in a different way. Let him paint, draw, make his own music. Get him a guitar or bass. Sign him up for art classes. Let him say what he feels in something else than pain inflicted on himself. The whole "note to self" thing, that's a cry for attention. If you're not giving it, than do so. If you are trying to give it, try looking at things through his eyes. Life as a teen is hard, as you know. Try to remember how hard it is. He is still learning who he is everyday. I'm still learning who I am everyday. But end the who note to self thing. That's just self-pitty. Slef-pitty gets you nowhere in life but further down. I hope this helps you some. I know when I was having a hard time when I was younger, I turned to music. The thing is turning to music the right way. Make music, express yourself and you will feel better. You can hurt, kill, love, hate, cry, etc. anyone you want in your music, and no physical harm can come out. When I was @#$@#&*ed at a girl who cheated on me, I wrote a song about how she hurt me. When I would play it live, people connected to it, thus linking me to others who were going through the same thing as me, creating new friends and support figures my own age. Good luck. I hope this helps.Thank you. I am going to try and spend more time with him and do my best to realize his views on things. Maybe if we did have more time to bond, he will open up to me and let me know how he feels.I just wanted to let you know "note to self i miss you terribly" is from a song from the band From First To Last. You can look it up if you want. Most "emos" aren't suicidal, leave him alone and if you see anything going downhill talk to him again. Most "emos" want to be left alone, for it is just a phase.i dont at all mean this in a bad way but for starters if you want to talk to him dont stareotype his first. get to know him first. by already having your own ideas of his such as "a suicidal girl" you are definitly not going to get anywhere with him. and dont try to change him try to understand him. i mean as a teen that is something that i find just plain rude just because he wears skinny jeans doesnt mean he's going to kill himself. and music does not effect a teens thinking we listen to music that we already agree with. for example im a christian so i listen to music like mark schults and thousand foot krutch. im not emo but i speak for all teens when i say stop stereotyping us! and if you want to understand us, talk to us, ask us questions! other adults cant tell you what your kid is thinking only he can."Note to self I miss u terribly" is lyrics from a song"Note to self I miss you terribly" is a song lyric.Note To Self by From First To Last is the song.and music does influence some decisions. but its not the music's fault for your son's 'emo-ness'. Don't be hard on 'em. and making him go to the therapist probably won't do you much justice, he'll think you're calling him a freak or something.hope I helped. :)
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the list of albums is like really bad. many of the albums are very bad examples of emo or not emo at all
Ryan Stroud,Where is the music of yeasterday?I cannot fault you and your music, and I beg you to understand me. I beg you. And If you cannot find a place in your heart to accept my appalogy, I am sorry. My daughter and her husband think Emo music and hard rock is the greatest music since applepie. While she lived at home and I was away, this music was blasting from her room. And so it was. When I was away she would blast the house with "your" music, and my wife did not dare tell her to turn it down.Then I came home, and my wife would call her: Daddy is home, and down came the volume. And so I end this rebuttal by saying; each to his own.
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