People listen to music to satisfy a variety of needs such as emotional comfort, social bonding, and pleasurable entertainment (Brown, 2006; Wang, Peterson, & Morphey, 2007) . The concept of how musical preferences are formed has called into question biological predispositions and social conformity (Carpentier, Knobloch, & Zillmann, 2003; Schäfer & Sedlmeier, 2010), yet parental influence on the choice of musical preferences has been widely ignored. The impact of parents' musical preferences and the strength of the parent-child relationship on children's music choices may help lead to new insights into how parents can be positive role models for their children in other lifestyle choices that may have persistent consequences. Wang, Peterson, and Morphey's (2007) study showed that although seventh grade students made short-term decisions such as clothing style and musical preferences through the influence of their peers, they made decisions with long-term consequences such as alcohol use and alcohol consumption. smoking under parental influence. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of parent-child bonding and parents' musical preferences and whether there is a relationship with how children choose the music they like. Musical preferences have a big impact on our daily lives, whether it's the music we use. choose to listen to the song from a TV commercial or the song that plays on the radio while driving to and from work. The age-old question of whether musical preference determines behavior or whether behavior determines musical preference is therefore called into question. The type of music listened to can be a determinant of behavior. Our behaviors then lead to associations with the song and the associations, good or bad, then lead or not to the m... half of the paper... the experimental design would help with the generalization and accuracy of the results. It would also be useful to examine other roles that may influence musical preferences. Instead of looking only at biological parents and long-term caregivers, questioning the impact of siblings, stepparents, and peers would also provide deeper insight. Furthermore, looking at the research from a different perspective could perhaps yield more information about how musical preferences developed. Instead of examining the impact of parents on their children's musical preferences, examining the impact of children's musical preferences on parents could yield interesting results. As much as music plays a role in our daily lives, whether we listen to it by choice or we listen to it in passing, understanding how musical preferences develop can help us better understand the creation of self-image..