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Lee Nettles. Director of the Rappahannock Mental Health Clinic, said that expressions of violence do not necessarily indicate a violent nature in children. “They’re just exposed to this all the time," he said. “Modern movies and t.v. are calculated to shock your sensibilities by horrifying you with graphic detail. This is more symptomatic of our culture than a cause for alarm."
Nettles added. however, that brutality and graphic violence in our culture are not positive. “I would certainly not recommend them from a standpoint of encouraging mental health,” he said. Nettles said that studies show that youngsters exposed to constant violent and bloody scenes start to identify with violence and brutality.
Perhaps parents feel that their children are able to distinguish well enough between fantasy and reality to escape the effects of graphic horror. Perhaps they think that exposure to violence is so commonplace that it will have no impact. After reading more than one hundred scary stories, we have our doubts.
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