Seeking personal stories for my book on teens, heavy metal, video games & the occult

I am gathering stories for a book that will help parents understand why their teens are interested in certain media, mainly heavy metal music, video games (especially violent video games), and/or alternative spiritual paths. Ultimately, I'm hoping to bridge the communication gap so that anxious parents can lay their fears to rest -- rather than assuming their kids are on a path to violence or self-destruction.

So, I'm looking for input from folks who developed an interest in any of these things as teens, and am hoping you'll respond to the following survey(s) to provide stories from your life. Information you provide may be used in the book, but will be used anonymously unless you request otherwise. Please feel free to answer all three.

Thanks so much, in advance, for sharing your stories.

Teenagers and the occult:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pr9Vh1nvRGTFJmiwBanKHA_3d_3d

Teenagers and heavy metal music:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=y3V0s1T83wwcd7ltk3K4Gg_3d_3d

Teenagers and video games:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Poqn7fJBgDlUd0gPdTXVCQ_3d_3d

(Please distribute this link far and wide. I'm already posting these to some forums, but if you know of welcome audiences, chime in here. Thanks. :) )

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Comment by Beth Winegarner on July 3, 2009 at 1:18am: I'll be gathering survey responses for a couple of months -- there's time. :)

Comment by Nina Weber on July 3, 2009 at 12:14am: I am looking at the survey for heavy metal (the fascination with the "old ways" to celebrate spirituality and religion came a few years later ;-)
Till when do you need the input?
It is quite extensive and I will have to get back to it later, because I have something urgent on my desk.

I hope you get a lot of input. :-)