My daughters have a CD .... it's a mixed bag of teenie-bopper hits. Or something like that. I don't claim to know any of these "artists", or recognize any of the songs. However, I have to admit, some of the tunes are not that bad. I can even find myself humming one of them occasionally.

But ... one of the first songs on the CD just drives me nuts. Not because of the tune, which is quite catchy, but because of the lyrics. It's a break-up song, by a female singer. From the chorus:

"I don't want to talk about it.
I just want to sit and cry in front of you."

And other such drivel. This is NOT how I want my daughters to think of relationships (or my son for that matter, or, well, anyone else....). In this, the dawn of the third Millennium after Christ, we are still telling our female children that the best way to handle rejection is to clam up, find the boy who has just dumped you like trash, and fall to pieces in front of him.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGG!