Quote Originally Posted by Samuraid
Pushing is not necessarily influencing. If you try and force a child to like something, a natural response is for them to rebel and do their own thing.
Wouldn't that be influencing them? Whether it was towards or away from the music you like, it would still be an influence.

I figure I'll let my kid listen to whatever they want, as long as it isn't extreme--gangsta rap, cult chanting, and Barry Manilow will earn them a broken stereo. Of course whatever parents listen to will influence their children--if only by exposing them to music they wouldn't normally be exposed to--but most parents wouldn't "force" their music (or their anything) on their children, only "force" them away from something they disagree strongly with...like gangsta rap, etc.