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So, unfortunately a lot of YA fiction seems premised around the "chosen one" archetype. The protagonists lead boring hard lives but then discover they have special magic powers and that changes their life and the world forever.
Stories are increasingly not about ordinary people who make their lives and the world around them better because of their own inherent skills or hard work.
Film, TV and Books are telling kids only "special" people get to change the world and only "special" people are important. Lots of media is escapist fantasy at all ages and unfortunately they're giving the message that "change is so hard only super powers will do".
Don't let your children be raised solely by the media they consume. Show then that they are special or powerful even without super powers and that all change comes from people. Everything that is good in our world came from people - nothing at all came from gods, super heroes, or magic.
Uhhh, we need a list of YA fiction where the protagonist isn't some special snowflake, born under a golden star, chosen one.
Hunger games. She can hunt because she hunted to support her sister and depressed mother who gave up. They make her head of the revolution because of optics. Katniss isn't special.