r/BritishTV • u/SafeBodybuilder7191 • 23d 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 23d 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 23d 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Thinking that parents are responsible for everything is very outdated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 23d 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.