Is YA literature getting too dark?

In Sherman Alexie's book " The best books are written in blood" and Darkness Too Visible by Meghan Cox Gurdon they both talk about how dark young adult literature is. The difference is the Meghan is doesn't want violent YA books to be read by kids. Sherman thinks that kids that have been through those type of things can relate to it. " Does Ms. Gurdon honestly believe that a sexually explicit YA novel might somehow traumatize a teen mother? Does she believe that a YA novel about murder and rape will somehow shock a teenager whose life has been damaged by murder and rape? Does she believe a dystopian novel will frighten a kid who already lives in hell? " Sherman makes a great point here and I think that reading something violent is not gonna be scary because it happens in the real world. These types of books help people out a lot and other people shouldn't decide what is too dark for someone to read. " Now, whether you care if adolescents spend their time immersed in ugliness probably depends on your philosophical outlook. Reading about homicide doesn't turn a man into a murderer; reading about cheating on exams won't make a kid break the honor code. But the calculus that many parents make is less crude than that: It has to do with a child's happiness, moral development and tenderness of heart. Entertainment does not merely gratify taste, after all, but creates it. " I kind of agree with this statement but Megan is not seeing how a teen can find happiness in dark YA books. I side with Sherman because his point is more valid and it's not a bad thing to relate to dark books when you have been through trauma and find it comforting.