In the field I work in – care of adolescents and pre-adolescents
with behavioral difficulties — there are several positive answers
to this question, but those several are set in stone. They are: “I
like rap”; “Creed” or “Nirvana”; and “Linkin
Park.” The young women with whom I do most of my work tend to
prefer the radio to focusing on individual acts or groups, but most
young men I meet do the same thing my own peers and I did in the sixth
grade: they invest some part of their identity, small or large, in
the bands they like, and are eager to share their opinions with adults,
whom they anticipate will announce distaste for their music, thereby
solidifying their affection for same. |
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