An adult can figure that out pretty damn easily, Archie, but a kid? I remember back when children jumped off the monkey bars because they thought they could fly like superman.
Some children don't have the experience necessary to distinguish reality from fantasy, from real life to whatever is on the screen in front of them. Garbage In, Garbage Out, is the term. If the victim was an adult I would fully agree with you 100%, but she wasn't. She was only a child, only 13 years old, with all that entails. That is what makes the difference here.