Why kids love ‘Disaster, Distress and Dystopia’#
President of the Child Mind Institute, Harold Koplewicz, examines why kids love to read disaster and dystopian fiction.
” assuming a teenager consumes a varied diet of reality YA Lit, then the “disaster story” can serve as a healthy outlet for its reader. Sometimes by reading about a truly terrible tragedy, a teen is able to find a perspective he wouldn’t otherwise have on his own more pedestian woes. For another teenager, the disaster story may reflect what a teenager is feeling but cannot always express.”
