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Summary Of Have Values Got To Do With Anything By Richard Eckery

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In “ What the !#&* Have Values Got To Do With Anything! Young People, Youth Culture And Well-being,” Richard Eckersley, an independent researcher/writer, acknowledges the resent uproar to his past article, in which he mentions the obscenity and violence in today’s music. He aliens this obscenity and violence to have a negative effect on the youth. He mentions the criticism from making those types of remarks. “[They] said I was a boring old fart rut-tutting about a bit of harmless rebellion by young people: just another re-run of the eternal conflict played out between conservative fogies and spirited youth “(Eckersley). He response by addressing that music is a major part of a person’s life and having lude lyrics will impact a youth moral compass

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