Blaming New Media for Child on Child Violence

There's always going to be some new fangled form of entertainment that confuses older generations and makes them defensive about their lack of knowledge on the subject. We have such a rich history of blaming new media for child on child violence, Columbines, another example,. Maryland Manson video games, as you said. Thunderman in this case was not the cause. He was a symptom of something else that was going on. And if the girls had not had access to him, I think that they would have invented another, you know, magical framework through which to channel their fear and confusion or lead them down the wrong path.

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