The Horrifying Ways Cartoons Tried to Tackle Serious Issues
Children’s entertainment shouldn’t be afraid to tackle serious, important issues from time to time — in fact, you might argue the industry has a responsibility to do so, considering that they spend way more time with kids than their parents do in many cases. Still, there are times when cartoons nobly attempt to teach valuable social lessons only to quickly demonstrate that perhaps Batman isn’t the best place to talk about domestic violence and SpongeBob SquarePants isn’t really equipped to teach kids about the suicide hotline.
Check out the horrifying ways cartoons try to tackle serious issues.
