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Adolescence Shows Us The 1 Part Of Teens’ Lives We Can’t Control

This article contains spoilers for the Netflix drama Adolescence.

Netflix’s hit TV show Adolescence is serving as a stark reminder that while you can be a good parent, and across what your child is up to at school, there is a third element of young people’s lives that remains largely out of reach – and that’s what they do online.

The show follows the chilling case of 13-year-old Jamie, played by teen actor Owen Cooper, who is arrested on suspicion of murdering his classmate, Katie.

A lot happens over the four-part series – which touches on a range of themes, from struggling school systems and family dynamics, to masculinity and the rise of online misogyny – but it all culminates in us discovering that Jamie is guilty.

TikTok creator Carys explained in a recent video how one scene from the show was particularly “terrifying”, in which Jamie’s father (played by Stephen Graham) turns to his wife (Christine Tremarco) and they try to figure out where they went wrong.

The duo parented their daughter and son the same way, yet here they are, watching as the latter is incarcerated for an atrocious and violent crime.

The content creator added that “the influence you have in the home is nothing compared to the influence that your children will face from the online world and from external sources like school, friendship groups, etc”.

And she’s right. Much of this is out of parents’ control – and that in itself is very hard to come to terms with.


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