Here’s an interesting perspective on the debate about violence in media.
The media likes to run stories linking violent behavior to video games, but a new book is offering up the theory that fantasy violence is actually good for children’s development.
On one hand, this goes hand-in-hand with the concern that modern culture places too much of an emphasis on non-competitiveness in school and the workplace. On the other hand, it seems to clash with the idea that things like anger therapy (dealing with aggression by “letting it out”) doesn’t really work — and can have the opposite of the intended consequences.
Either way, this is an interesting article.
