Teenagers offer their opinions on the cost of experiencing virtual violence

Straight Talk for Teens Teenagers offer their opinions on the cost of experiencing virtual violence

Dear Readers: Last week, “Curious Reader” asked if mass shootings are the price of society’s insatiable appetite for media violence. A furious defense ensued from the male panelists (see our Jan. 19 column), who pointed to mentally disturbed individuals as the cause of mass shootings, not their games, movies and music, which they held sacrosanct.I agreed with the first part — and promised to talk this week about the inconvenient truth that massive childhood doses of virtual violence aren’t innocent either — and that they are causing previously unforeseen neuro-cognitive maladaptions and breakdown. — Lauren

But first, some panelists less captivated by virtual violence:

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