My ears hurt, she keeps saying he sings great and he's sexy xD
this is the end of the world xD
btw she's 4 : )
how do you convince/introduce your cousins to great music!!?

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destroy every computer and tv in your house.
shout blah blah blah whenever she starts mentioning justin beiber..


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honestly id prefer a little 4 year old to listen to justin beiber lol, i have a nephew and he likes listening to rap (not the good rap) and he his 4 as well, its tragic listening to him sing "you spin my head right round right round when you go down when you go down down"

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convince her that he´s gay. show her the youtube video where the bieber kid walks against a glass door and when he did that the second time. or when he fractured his ´foot during a concert. and maybe this pic and this pic whihc makes him look really gay

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Stating it as a reference to facebook does not make it better either.

start doing "conditioning"...
Edit: wrong word to use above... i don't mean to compare your cousin (or any child) to a dog... but this is a type of behavior study... technically, we're raised with some form of conditioning... motivations, reinforcements, etc... it's not like we're making her salivate at the sound of a bell... (ex. doing chores = getting allowance... getting good grades = some kind of treat... etc...)

every time your cousin mentions bieber, ignore whatever she says... don't give her attention. (don't say "no" or any indication that he's bad because she might just be a rebel and think: ahhh, i'm going against adults or something)

start talking about the music you believe is reasonable for a four-year old...
when your cousin starts mentioning those artists/bands that you find reasonable, give her positive reinforcement -- attention, a high-five, "YES!!", start playing a game she likes, read a book, etc... etc...

not that i'm saying this is the right thing to do... i'm just setting up something that may work?

Last edited by hobbitelf518 at 5:41 pm, May 6 2011

Just kill them.

It's the only way to save them now.

Um . . . don't? She's four - I wouldn't start worrying about her taste in music until she's maybe fifteen. Let her listen to Bieber if she wants to - maybe she'll grow tired of him on her own (haha, not likely - if I know anything about 4-year-olds, it's that they don't tire of repetition). Anyway. Tolerance is golden. Or something like that.

Edit: Children aren't dogs. Unless you're her parent (which I really hope you aren't because, hello, incest, ew), it's not going to be that simple to condition your four-year-old cousin. If you don't listen to her talk about Bieber, she'll just go to someone else.

She's only 4. Once Justin Bieber grows up past his pop idol image in a few years he won't be as popular anymore, and beyond that I doubt most contemporary pop music is appropriate for her anyway (being 4 years old). Tolerance is a good thing.

She's only four. She'll get over him. Trust me.

But do get her introduced to some of the Disney Classics, like Beauty and the Beast. Really, as a 90s kid, it rather shocked me to see that a lot of 4 and 5 year olds these days have never watched Lion King or Tarzan. Really, Disney classics were my life back then.

Actually, tsubasa22 has an excellent idea!! Why don't you start belting out some Disney tunes?! Or even Veggie Tales or any other music? Children are easily influenced by the people around them.

What... what is this...

Okay. She's only four (for like the tenth time already). Just let her listen to the damn Bieber kid and get over it.
It's not a big deal. At least she isn't listening to music about rape or drugs or sex or alcohol bla bla bla. And thank Bieber that he doesn't cuss in his music since you wouldn't want your young cousin to start dropping f-bombs or something.

Everyone has their own music preference. Why would you want to convince them to change their own style? Everyone listens to music that someone else doesn't care for.

Maybe if your cousins' music influences them to doing bad things or something, then resort to convincing them.

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I don't like Bieber either, but I think you should let her listen. It's a phase, like the 'bad boys' phase (only heard of it).

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I'm more worried that your 4 year old cousin is saying things like 'he's sexy' o_O

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