I found this video of a young girl dancing to Ciara’s song “Ride” on someone’s blog. They wanted to credit hip hop for children behaving this way. I have to say that I disagree with the notion that we can blame a genre of music (perhaps even a culture of music) for the way our children behave. It starts in the home. It starts with the parents.

Parents are the first teachers of their children. Not the teachers in the schools or day cares, not the neighbors, and definitely not celebrities. It is a given that with the media, it is impossible for children to not be influenced by what they see. This little girl could not be doing these dances if she had not first viewed them. The first influence she had was in her home, where her parents have the final say in what is acceptable. Children pick up on environmental queues. They are subconsciously aware of what is acceptable or not based on what they learn in their home. If they were not exposed to this behavior, they could not imitate it. If you watch the video closely,she is attempting to imitate the dances as they are being performed in the music video. Toward the end the baby begins dancing. So not only is the baby learning to behave provocatively before she can properly run, but these little girls are already being guided into a world where black women are sex objects, which is a completely different post.
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