This morning I came downstairs to find Brent on the computer playing rap songs on Rhapsody. Luckily, we’ve already had extensive discussions about what he can and can’t listen to, so he was playing the edited versions of some Eminem songs he knows. He and his friends are totally into rap right now.

Again, though, I was struck by the fact that he knows how to pull up Rhapsody and that he’s spending his time listening to music. There’s a budding realization in his brain that he has 900,000 songs at his fingertips. It’s interesting that he doesn’t yet realize he can play Runescape at the same time.

However, I’m ticked that now I have to compete with both kids to listen to Rhapsody when I’m at work. Why haven’t they figured out family accounts yet?! I know some people use this argument for purchasing songs via iTunes, rather than going with a subscription service, but to them I say do you really want to buy every Eminem song your nine–year old wants to hear right now? If I’d done that with Kailee, I’d have wasted money on all of the Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera songs she no longer likes. And really, who wants that?