Analysis Of Violent Media Is Good For Kids By Gerard Jones

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In “Violent Media Is Good for Kids, “Gerard Jones takes the position that violent media can essentially have a positive impact on the youth because it can help children articulate feelings that parents tend to avoid. (PA 58-61). Jones also affirmed that pretending to have superpowers overcome feelings of inability that children have from being young and inexperienced. Jones uses a personal childhood experience to support his argument as well as including his son’s story. Jones mentions that the character “The Hulk” freed him. He later compared himself to the Hulk, which helped him become less frightened in the world that he felt was judging him as a young child. Furthermore, he discusses how his son transformed himself into a dinosaur, Power