Product Description

Turn Up the Music is a call to action for parents. For decades, parents have asked youth to turn down the music, but instead should be asking them to turn it up. Parents need to hear what music is saying to their children so they can talk to them about the messages.

Based on Jeff's 20-plus years of experience in working with youth and teens as a counselor and prevention specialist, Turn Up The Music offers help for parents on a broad variety of topics. Included are discussions, examples, case studies, ideas, and strategies for everything from bullying and teasing to gangs and violence. There is also a chapter encouraging parents and educators to work together and support one another so that no child is left behind. Parents will learn about different genres of popular music--including rap, rock, pop, metal, rave, techno, mainstream and alternative--who's listening to what, the messages music conveys to youth, and what impact different types of music may have on them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1227177 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Turn Up the Music Will Tune Up Your Parenting Skills
In this easy to read, easy to digest book, the author shares tried and true prevention strategies for any parent who has a child in school...in fact the younger the better to allow the foundations to be set. The music and lyrics mentioned in the book will touch parents of all generations. Jeff's explanation of how to create a code of ethics for your family and ways to keep communication between parent and child open, will help make the turbulent teen years much less turbulent. As a school counselor, I hope all of my parents will get their hands on this book!

Good hints for parents
Good stratagies for talking with your kids about today's music. It is an extremely helpful guide for me when trying to understand the music my children are listening to.

a GREAT book for parents with teens
WOW! This book told me how much music has changed since I was a teen (too many years ago to discuss....) and now. This is a great book for every parent of a teen or tween. It tells you what to look for to be concerned or what NOT to worry about. It gives suggestions as to how to talk to your kids about sex, drugs and rock & roll. This is the book for every parent that changes the radio station when a rap song comes on....or for the parents of the kids with the MP3 players in their ears so they don't have to hear their parent's music!