Rock on! Listening to heavy metal music might be good for kids

Some fascinating research has found that listening to music, including rap and metal, and regardless of whether anyone else likes it, might actually be therapeutic for kids. — TNS

As a rule, parents don’t like the music their children listen to – and they never have.

We can just imagine Mr and Mrs Beethoven telling little Ludwig that playing Mozart would rot his brain. “You want some real music?” they’d say. “Sit down at that piano and play Scarlatti.”