“I have watched my son living the same story, transforming into a Bloodthirsty dinosaur to embolden himself for the plunge into preschool” (Jones 37). He later describes reading Tarzan to his son to help him get over his fear of climbing a tree. What better way would you get a kid to climb trees, than to read about a hero that climbs trees all the time? Kids get lost in the story of the hero and the action keeps it entertaining. Jones has done research on the matter himself and found children use violent stories to meet their emotional and developmental needs. I believe adults do the same thing, not just with violent stories, but any book/story that sucks them and interest them. He argues that superhero stories help kids identify the conflicts between inner self and the public self that they become familiar in early stages of socialization. Rage is something that cannot be avoided. It’s a human emotion that adults as well as kids experience. Instead of forcing a child to trap that rage, Jones insists for them to release it through toy guns, bloody videogames, playground karate etc. He believes it allows them to master the control of their
“I have watched my son living the same story, transforming into a Bloodthirsty dinosaur to embolden himself for the plunge into preschool” (Jones 37). He later describes reading Tarzan to his son to help him get over his fear of climbing a tree. What better way would you get a kid to climb trees, than to read about a hero that climbs trees all the time? Kids get lost in the story of the hero and the action keeps it entertaining. Jones has done research on the matter himself and found children use violent stories to meet their emotional and developmental needs. I believe adults do the same thing, not just with violent stories, but any book/story that sucks them and interest them. He argues that superhero stories help kids identify the conflicts between inner self and the public self that they become familiar in early stages of socialization. Rage is something that cannot be avoided. It’s a human emotion that adults as well as kids experience. Instead of forcing a child to trap that rage, Jones insists for them to release it through toy guns, bloody videogames, playground karate etc. He believes it allows them to master the control of their