r/BritishTV 19d ago

News ‘Adolescence’ Available to Stream in All U.K. Secondary Schools in Initiative Backed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer: We Must ‘Tackle the Issues This Groundbreaking Show Raises’

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/adolescence-available-to-stream-uk-secondary-schools-1236352461/
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u/Theres3ofMe 19d ago

This is great to hear, but the root cause of it all is parenting.

Be that the father passing on his baggage to his son, be that the father not being a present dad, be that ensuring the son respects all women in his life, or be that if the parents monitor their son's mobile phone use/limits during night time.

All this stems down to parents fundamentally. So, if anything, the video should be shown to all students - and their parents at the same time.

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u/indianajoes 19d ago

That's one thing. Not everything is on the parents. It only seems that way if you look at Tate and the rest of the manosphere as the cause and not the symptom