Teens and the Internet: 2nd stabbing attack linked to Slender Man meme

Slender Man has struck again.

An Ohio girl, under the apparent influence of the fictional Internet horror meme, attacked her mother last week with a kitchen knife, authorities said.

“I came home one night from work, and she was in the kitchen waiting for me, and she was wearing a mask, a white mask,” the suburban Cincinnati mother told a local television station. “She was someone else during the attack.”

The mother suffered multiple minor injuries, including a puncture wound on her back. The girl, 13, is facing charges as a juvenile. Keep reading

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These two articles report on how a fictional Internet horror meme appears to be influencing young teenage girls. I posted these stories as they concern Internet safety issues affecting children and families which pastors and lay preachers will want to bring to the attention of their congregations. We do not fully understand how the Internet is impacting children at the different stages in their development and the ramifications for church leaders and parents and other caretakers. As Christians we also cannot rule out the possibility that demons may be exploiting children's fascination with horror stories to serve their own ends. 

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