Parental problem, year 2005. My son downloaded the latest iTunes. He's 1,000 miles away. He just IM'ed me and said he's listening to podcasts.

"Um, which ones?" I wrote.

"Dawn and Drew."

"Oh, oh." I answered back. I've listened to Dawn and Drew too and knew that their show is pretty adult in nature.

"And one about movies and some other ones that aren't so bad" he said. What's your kid listening to? And, how do you guide their listening choices? Are they really honest with you? I've learned from my son that there's a whole underground network of kids that listen to their stuff without telling their parents the truth. They'll put Eminem music on CDs and put other bands' labels on them so that parents don't know that they are listening to Eminem, for instance.

Do you spy on your kids' music collections? I'm happy that Patrick feels cool with telling me what he's listening to, but feel a sense of sadness that he's growing up so fast. I guess that's the way our parents felt when we listened to AC/DC or something like that.

Every generation pushes the edge. Heh, maybe we should start a directory of "podcasts to make your parents mad?"

I bet there isn't a parenting book for this! Hey, maybe we need a podcast: "my son listens to Dawn and Drew, what do I do?" :-)

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