Yes, I’ve always thought that violent video games are not “dangerous” in themselves, but I also understand how someone with unhealthy violent tendencies (e.g. the Columbine killers) can be drawn to them. So it’s a two-way street. Typically the violence is just part of the story plot, and is not inappropriately gory.
When I was a kid, my mom read stories like “Jack the Giant Killer” to us. I suppose that would be parental abuse today. If you don’t teach your son to wear a dress the left might call it damaging to his sense of “gender choice”.
RE Jack...
The Brothers Grimm and some of the ‘classic’ kids tales are THE most violent things ever written. Kids are getting munched on and torn to shreds around every corner, people dying/being killed, imprisoned, tortured ect.
I highly people read the originals again through adult eyes and it is an eye opening experience.
I always took the approach with my kid of watching TV/movies with her and explaining things on levels she was ready to grasp. I never limited her viewing as many parents do. I just gave her a reality check on what she was watching. Lots of people oppose that but oh well. It worked great for us.
I used to hear from people how much more mature she was than other kids her age. And I think it was because she wasn’t wrapped in bubble wrap from reality. She grew up into a responsible adult that never donned a Freddie Kruger glove and hacked up children...Brothers Grimm style ;)