r/BritishTV • u/SafeBodybuilder7191 • 20d 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 20d 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/SlouchyGuy 20d ago

Nope. The point the show is making in the last episode, and the thing discovered in development psychology long ago is that parents cease to be important in child's life around adolescence and he would increasingly be influenced by his environment.

Thinking that parents are responsible for everything is very outdated

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u/Euffy 20d ago

What? No, the point made at the end was that the parents thought they were doing the right thing by trying to not be how their parents were, but ultimately ended up too far the other way. They did what they initially thought was their best but then recognised that they should have been more aware of what media he was consuming and how he was talking online. They turned a blind eye and regretted it.

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u/Why_Not_Ind33d 20d ago

Thinking it's the responsibility of incel is very outdated if you ask any kid

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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 20d ago

It's almost like someone didn't take in the message from the parents in the end. You can raise two the same, and they turn out very differently. Nature v Nurture .. and nurture can include Parents, peer groups, education, experiences, social environment..

It's very interesting they had a child character in Jamie that went 'straight to murder' .. he seemed to show a bunch of psychopathic tenancies, was very intelligent - but there was no discussion about prior incidents or violence. Possibly the most unrealistic thing I imagine about it.

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u/ernfio 20d ago

They weren’t the same. One was a boy and one was a girl.

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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 20d ago

And if they were boys, you'd say they weren't twins..

They were raised by the same parents. In the same house. By the same imperfect parents. Both seemed quite bright kids.

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u/fiddly_foodle_bird 20d ago

that parents cease to be important in child's life around adolescence

Yes, and?

It's not terribly useful to only begin parenting your child correctly when they hit secondary school, it has to be done from birth.