Bad for You: Exposing the War on Fun!

SHOULD U.S. COMICS BE BANNED?. SATANIC HARRY POTTER BOOKS BURNT. PLAYGROUNDS POSE THREAT TO CHILDREN. TEXT-MAD YOUTH LOSING WRITING ABILITIES. CHILD SUSPENDED FOR BRANDISHING CHICKEN. SOCIAL WEBSITES HARM CHILDRENS BRAINS. STUDENT ARRESTED FOR PASSING GAS AT SCHOOL. These are all real headlines screaming about the terrible stuff thats out there . . . stuff thats supposed to be BAD FOR YOU. But honestly―is it?!. Bad for You asks this question and many more―and not just about the things that modern parents fear like violent video games social media and dirty hands. Stuff in this book goes back centuries―all the way to Plato (yeah that one) and his worries over the new technology of his time: the written word! Kevin C. Pyle and Scott Cunningham cleverly expose the long-standing CAMPAIGN AGAINST FUN for what it really is: a bunch of anxious adults grasping at straws ignoring scientific data and blindly yearning for the good old days that never were. Bad for You presents the facts figures and a whole lot more―in eye-grabbing graphics―to debunk these myths and give kids the power to prove theres nothing wrong with having fun . . . or with being young.