Violent Media Is Good For Kids Analysis

In “Violent Media is Good for Kids,” Gerard Jones conveys that violent media is good for young children. Jones also states in the article that children can overcome their inner rage and gain confidence to fight against the modern society by using violent media. Jones uses his personal experiences and researches to support his thesis that violent media is not entirely bad for the children. Jones was a lonely boy and his parents did not let him connect with the violent media. He lived like a nice boy until that day when “Incredible Hulk smashed through it” (para. 2). He got a chance to play with violent video games because his mother’s students convinced her to violent media has a positive side too. That one change helped him to be “unafraid of his desires and the world’s disapproval.” Now he can handle any difficult situation, and now he would be able to fight against the modern society. Another example that Jones gives to prove his point is his son experience. Jones mentions, “In the first grade, his friends started climbing a tree at school. But he was afraid: of falling, of the centipedes crawling on the trunk, of sharp branches, of his friend’s derision” (para. 6). Jones gives his
Melanie Moore stated that “Children needs violent entertainment in order to explore the inescapable feelings that they’ve been taught to deny, and to reintegrate those feelings into a more whole, more complex, more resilient selfhood.” Jones and Moore were studying that how children use violent media to convene their emotional and developmental needs. Jones also gives an example of a little girl whose parents were separating. She liked to act out and write about the violent stories. Jones and girl’s mother started helping her tell stories. According to the Paragraph 14, the girl became stronger, self-controlled, and socially