Every day I pick my daughter up from daycare, the first words out of her mouth is "Daddy, I want to hear Prince" and when we get into the house the first thing she wants to watch is Sign"O" The Times. She will sit through the whole movie and watch it intensly or she will get up and dance. So I can tell you that she will continue the Prince "love" that we have as fans. I conditioned her while she was in the womb to my wife ire. My wife doesn't like Prince as much as my OBSESSION. The reason is that I want my daughter to experience a real musician/entertainer, if not one of the best of all time as she her self has a fascination with music. Just a quick thought I wanted to share since people think that the younger generation has no idea of Prince(which is mostly true).

That's so cute! U obviously have a very intelligent little girl with exceptional taste in music Thanx 4 sharing!

My 11 year old loves P too, I indoctrined her back when she was 2years old,,she was jamming to Jam of the Year and she knows all of the Purple Rain songs and 1999 songs..as well as Musicology and 3121.

Each day when I take my son to daycare --he is 3....he says I wanna hear Black Sweat, than when its over, he wants 3121...than he wants John Lennon's Beautiful Boy...that is his current rotation. Those 3 songs,,over and over...Im starting to get tired of it...Im trying to turn him on to some other songs..now he is getting into Lolita too.

nothing says a good parent like trying to shape your child in your own image rather than let them grow up to be their own person.

it's one thing to play Prince and let your child develop their own opinion of him. it is another to make a conscience effort to force Prince on them so they like him. do you really need validation of your interests by your children? would you refuse to let them listen to music that they enjoy because you don't like it?

sorry, that is just sad.

dumbass said:

I nuture my child like any good parent should. I don't force her to listen to Prince at all. She likes to hear his music all on her own. She likes LL Cool J too. She has her own musical taste. If she asks me to play a song then I let her listen to it. She picks out cds from collection and listens to what approriate for a 2 year old. She loves The Family and Neptunes and she really likes Alicia Keys. My daughter listens to all kinds of music and if you read correctly, she likes to play on her piano and guitar and I play with her. I'm just trying to show her real musicians and how they entertain. I'm definitely not cloning my musical taste on my daughter. If she wants to listen to speed metal so be it, country, R&B, rap, whatever, I don't care as longs as she enjoys it and it's appropriate for her at her age. It's like how my father played music when I was little and made me have a great appreciation for music and artist like James Brown, Santana, Chicago, The Doobie Bros. The Spinner, O'jays, Tyrone Davis, Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin. So if and when you have a child, then you'll know what I'm talking about when you see your child actually take an interest in music and the joy of seeing them dance to something they can relate to rather than all the other negative things that the world is filled with. So if that a sorry and sad way to raise a child then I guess that I'll be wrong along with a few other million parents who take the time to have an interest in their child's life. Just think of all those children that are out there that don't have anyone in their lives to share something like that with and expose them to. Open your heart and open your mind, a train is leaving all day, a wonderful trip through all time and laughter is all you pay.

dumbass said:

hEY DUMBASS, i dont force my child to listen 2 anything,,,they hear it cuz
I listen 2 it. My 3years dont have much of a choice due to his age, but my 11 year old listend 2 alot of rap crap that I dont listen 2. As they get older
they grow and form their own taste of music. I just point out 2 them that
P is the baddest muddafudda to walk the planet!! (musically that is)
thanks DUMBASS

dumbass said:

Hey dumbass,

Both of my kids were raised on Prince's music from the womb. They're 17 and 19, and have grown into their own musical interests. With all my efforts to expose them to diverse music, they still love the crap that's called music today BUT they DO have an appreciation for REAL music. That's all joyinrepetition is trying to do with his daughter, so lighten up!

joyinrepetition said:

ROCK ON! This is how genius is created. People see it from early on. Don't be surprised if your kid can do the splits before age 10.

joyinrepetition said:

Thanks for the cute story. You don't owe DA or anyone else here an explanation of what music you choose share with your children.

This is really beautiful .

My 3 year old used to love Prince. She would sing Purple Rain all the time.

Recently thanks to her 13 year sister she has started to like rubbish like Black eyed peas.

Prince needs to release some more child friendly tracks to win her back from the dark side