Netflix's 'Adolescence' Ignites Global Debate on Teen Isolation, Online Dangers, and Rising Violence
We live in a world that looks very different for kids today than it did for their parents this month the hit Netflix series adolesence captured this very difference.If you watched the show you know what I'm talking about if you haven't let me give you a preview.In one episode a detective is investigating why a 13-year-old boy killed his female classmate he tracks their instagam interactions based on it he assumes that these two children were friendly that is until his son who's a teenager himself tells the detective that he's got it all wrong when the Emojis shared between the teenagers seemed innocuous,but they were actually a coded form of bullying. This is a dizzying realization for the detective and for the viewers of the series and this disconnect is Central to adolescence. This is a hard-hitting drama it shows the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl in the UK it shines light on the corrosive impact of social media. It explores how the ideas of...