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

[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.