Reddit reviews Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence

Just read "Killing monsters: why children need fantasy, superheroes and make-believe violence". I was thankful that I wasn't born and I have not grown up in the US after that. Fortunately enough the rest of the non-Anglophone world is not yet polluted by the doctrines exposed in that book and boys are not labeled disruptive, violent or crazy for normal childhood behavior characteristic of both sexes before 8 years old or so.

If anyone is interested in more on this topic, I recommend Killing Monsters: Why Children need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence. It takes a good look at child psychology as well as analyzing studies and their findings in regards to negative attribution bias that most use to show the "harmful effects" violent games can have.

edit: Original wording sounded like it supported the claim that violent games make kids violent, it in fact supports the opposite view being that violent games aren't harmful and are arguably healthy for children.

I wrote this exact paper probably half a dozen times throughout my school years. There's plenty of ACTUAL research out there. Please do the topic justice and don't base it off of reddit comments..

Also, go read this as part of your research:
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Monsters-Children-Make-Believe-Violence/dp/0465036961/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458586774&sr=8-1&keywords=killing+monsters

EDIT:: 1 more thing; I don't know what level of education you plan on submitting this for, but unless this is an opinion piece, no self respecting professor will accept a paper with references that include social media, wikipedia, or message boards. I wouldn't recommend using anything you get here if you're hoping for a passing grade.

There is nothing wrong with play fighting. In fact it is helpful for the development of children. Anybody interested in learning more should read Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence.
http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Monsters-Children-Make-Believe-Violence/dp/0465036961