I actually dont put much music on ... one day i will have more control of my airwaves .. atm ... I am still working with creative and participatory music ... that is my way as a parent ... to ensure that my son got some good experiences in life ... nothing like a LIVE performance.

I bought some Tannoy studio monitors a year ago ... still havent wired them up yet ... I wanted one at his end and one at my end of the house ... little disagreement ... he said it was not posssible ... I dont waste any time arguing ... I dont care about piped music more than my relationships ... when I get around to it .. or can get son involved .. he does have to get a bit technical ... I will have a wow of a time ... I am very very patient.

Thanks @Former-Member I dont mean to be overly ranting or boasting or obssessive .. it is just my life .. my way of being productive and creative and encouraging my children to be the same.

@Jacques The film I saw yesterday called "Solomon and Gaenor" brought out some of the destructive attitudes of religion and sexuality in a very tragic love story ...

I think my openness about sex started in one orphanage ... where we had mixed showering facilities .. So every day I say boys and girls naked.... I was 8 ... there was absolutely nothing sexual about it ... it was often cold and agressive people pushing us through and checking us for tinea etc ...but I just didnt swallow everything I was told about it later ... I was quietly analytical about it .. I see mostly that people are human first and gendered (or variously sexed LTBGI) second ... common humanity is the unifying idea for me.

I also strangely didnt buy into gendered roles in our society ... I am a bit androgynist ...  the scientist is in me and i was experimental when I was young ... it was just the way the world around me was ... I was committed to my marriage though.

The pope has just put out a paper called Amoris Laetitia ...  "The Joy of Love" to try and redress some of the damage that superstitious and fear about sex in the church has done in people's lives.  I am not proselytising but it is in the news this week .. At least the RC church should stop rejecting divorced, re-married and singles .. and start facing up to the level of difficulty that families face in todays society.

I was just drenched ... as a baby..  without my permission in typical RC style .. it has influenced me hugely, as some nuns were the kindest people I ever met, but I am probably a bit of a thorn in the sides of conservative church members.

The promiscuity model of the 60s probably isnt the best either ... as there are a lot of tragic fallouts from that experiment .. but I never believed sex was dirty.  as a human race we are evolving (I hope) .. discussion about all relevant issues are the best way to forge a civilised society.