On the other hand...

Things that would seem rather innocent in other societies, at least in the past, are now treated as monstrous and frightening events. Yes there are dangers, but you cannot expect children really to have the same perception about that as adults. And in part they may be rebelling against the restrictions and controlling atmosphere that they see, without knowing why. A less than healthy society makes things difficult for young people.

And I think that treating things such as this as overwhelming disasters may make them more problematic to resolve, than if you said "OK, we have a problem, let's see how to resolve it without blowing it up into something unmanageable"...