Stories are stories but their meanings will be different with different times you know about them. If you are living in times of stories going on, you deeply understand about them. If you only heard about it years later, you will likely not actually understand about context of those stories.
The essence for stories is for young people to have interest in the name of bitcoin which it will make them to be willing to know bitcoin well when they grow up to understand things better. It is better thus way than trying to explain what bitcoin is which may seems difficult to for them to understand. Of recent their are cartoons bitcoin stories that kids can watch and it is an interesting one with create good memories to remember the name bitcoin as kids.
I agree with you that introducing bitcoin, or the word bitcoin, or maybe the concept of bitcoin, to a younger generation is a good idea because, who knows, someone might take an interest and start investing or deep diving in bitcoin. But I think we also need to introduce bitcoin to more mature minds, maybe in the high school stage, because that's when young people are more curious, and some young people tend to become early adopters of something. And with the advancements and many ways of accessing and reaching people these days, we can think of many ways to educate or influence others about bitcoin. Like you've said, most commonly, social media is powerful in this generation, so maybe we can spread the idea of bitcoin or crypto currency itself to many more people around the world. Yes, bitcoin is quite powerful and popular, but I think providing knowledge and more information is also very helpful.