Sure, the resources attached to this series suggests an improvement on the first series but what teen has gone in search of those?

And as for the alert that the dark teen drama might not be for everyone … isn’t that a red rag to a bull for every teen wanting to push the envelope, just a bit?

Those supporting its airing say these are important issues for our children to discuss - and they are. But it’s how they are discussed that matters.

What teen is going to walk through the front door this afternoon and ask their parents to watch 13 Reasons Why with them? Hardly any.

Besides, it would be their second viewing given so many of them saw it this week, between classes, on a mobile phone.

Some watched it, intrigued by the hype. Others because they knew their parents wouldn’t allow it at home. And others, too, because all of their friends were doing it - and they just didn’t want to stand out.

If you haven’t seen it, don’t. If your teen is watching, please watch it with them. Don’t let them view this in a vacuum.

It is gratuitous, violent, and utterly sickening. It covers important topics but not in the way our teens need. And it should be yanked from the screen.

Now saying that will bring opposition and abuse. My email in-tray is empty and ready.

Indeed, when the Parents Television Council suggest that this week they were immediately derided as conservative and pro-censorship.

They might be both but they might also consider anal rape and execrable violence as inappropriate topics for 14-year-olds, or 10-year-olds - and both those groups are watching this.

Our teens need to understand these issues but they need to understand them in a context that involves support and understanding and context. And none of those are offered by a quick reference to a couple of resources either side of an assault.

If 13 Reasons Why is the answer, I can’t imagine what the question might be.