Rating a Story CD for Children/Adults

[mythteller]

I'm about to release a new CD of stories that I've recorded called "The Bard's New Hat" and I'm trying to figure out how I should market it.

Off the top, I would say that the stories are family-friendly, but there's one story that has an element that may put some people off. In the story "Brahma and the Brahman", there is a character that lives her life as a prostitute. I don't go into graphic detail about her business, but I'm wondering if just mentioning this occupation in this story puts the whole CD out of the Family-Friendly category.

I'd rather not remove the story from the CD, but I worry that it might be irresponsible or unethical to sell the CD when I know children will be listening to that story. How big a deal do you think this is?

Update: Listen to the story here.

Comments

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

I might try and find some parents in your target audience and ask them, since they're the ones who would be making the decision. Maybe play the story for them. (I don't think it's *that* long, right?)

[jdhobbes.livejournal.com]

You would have heard the story, since I told it at the last Cafe 92 Degrees show. Do you remember the story of how to Brahman tricked Brahma?

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

Yup, I know exactly what story you're talking about. I've since told it to Marc because I love it so much.

On the other hand, I'm not a parent and can't know what parents will find offensive or non-child-friendly. Also, I suspect I fall on the more liberal, open-minded end of the spectrum when it comes to these things.

Hence asking the parents themselves, or at least a sampling thereof. It's not that I don't know the story, it's that I don't know how parents will react.