Whose responsible?

I believe that the artist is mostly responsible for being a role model for children, if that is the target audience they want. It an artist is making music and trying to be a role model for children, they are entirely responsible for being a role model to what they do. The artist chooses what they create, how they dress and how they act in front of people. All artists should take into account who may be watching or listening to their creations, and should be ware that children are being exposed to it.

If an artist wants to be a role model for children, they are taking full responsibility for what they expose the children too, and should think about the appropriate way to dress, behave, and what they can include in their material. They control how they are, and how they appear to the world, and in the end it is their say so on what they expose the world to. If they say they want children to listen to their stuff and then run around almost half naked, they are ultimately responsible for the children who watch. An artist needs to remember who is their main target audience in order to write and act appropriately.

If an artist doesn’t say they are a role model for kids, then they can’t be held responsible for what the kids watch. That is the parent’s responsibility. The parents should be the ultimate censorship for their children. If they do not want their children watching something, they shouldn’t allow their children to see it. If the artist doesn’t claim to be a role model for the kids, then the parents cannot blame them for ‘corrupting’ their children. Parents can keep their children from watching material they don’t want the kids exposed to, and if they don’t put any blocks or restrictions on the children, they can’t get angry and blame the artist.

Mostly, it is the parent’s responsibility, because they should control what their kids see and hear. Parents should take responsibility if they’re child is exposed to something that they find offensive, especially if they took no precautions to stop their children.  The parents that do take precautions, and make sure they let their children watch only what they deem appropriate have little to know problems with the sometimes offensive stuff artists will say and do. The artists should not be blamed for expressing themselves, unless they called themselves a role model for kids.

And even in that case, the parents should still be involved with their children’s lives. That way they can see who is an appropriate model or artist for their child to see. This way, even if their child is exposed to something they think if offensive, they can stop it or explain it to their child so that they understand it. Parents are an important part of children’s lives, and if they don’t censor what their child watches, then they can’t complain about what’s on the media.