Unfortunately, our society has a lot of fatherless families and otherwise disturbed family systems, so a lot of kids are at risk. That's not to say kids with normal childhoods and stable families are entirely unaffected. No family system is perfect. And even very healthy adolescents often can't think in the abstract, so if you assume your child knows better than to imitate a silly TV stunt, think again. Parents need to do the tough work of making sure their kids don't engage in aggressive or dangerous behavior, and need to enact consequences when they do.
Adolescents are often such a pain in the neck that parents start to feel frightened and overwhelmed.
They give up and try to be the buddy. Don't give up. As a parent, you also have to be hyper-vigilant about the media. All rights reserved.