Stating an opinion really isn't making an argument, it is just arguing. Early adolescence is a confusing time for most kids and they trying figure out what is normal and what the boundaries are. They have to many impulses they have not yet learned to control or deal with without showing them a twisted view of normal. Exposing them to honest works of average teens like Bloom does helps them to understand that. Exposing them melodramatic stories of the fringes of society just adds confusion. There is way to much celebration of the perverse and dysfunctional in our society and especially in our entertainment industry. Being an average teen is treated as weird while being out of control is treated as the norm. Kids who chose abstinence are treated as socially crippled losers while kids who promiscuous are shown as the norm.

You are right on one key point, kids need access to information and role models they can identify with there just needs to be a lot more judgment on how that information is presented.