Navigating Modern Education and Youth Challenges

This chapter critiques the current political landscape affecting college students, including increased scrutiny and surveillance by authorities. It discusses the Netflix series 'Adolescence' and its portrayal of education, examining the disconnect between media narratives and real experiences in educational settings. The conversation extends to address family dynamics, youth engagement with gaming, and the complexities of mental health, advocating for a nuanced understanding of these contemporary issues.

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But the parents? Meh.

When fascism rises, and some young people are drawn into its orbit, because everyone from Jordan Peterson to Andrew Tate has figured out how to exploit resentment at the failures of capitalism, we have an opportunity to give our kids a lot more than moralistic calls for a return to normalcy, compliance, warnings about screen time, striving to be better students, doing more sports, and not making too much of a ruckus (as Marco Rubio calls it).

The kind of parenting that limits itself to restoring the status quo for younger people in an age of fascism is not engaged parenting.

It’s not enough to be a good boy or girl. Antifascism takes more than that.

In this Part One, Matthew previews our main feed discussion of Adolescence (coming this Thursday), parses a speech by Gareth Southgate, wonders why Jonathan Haidt knows nothing about gaming, and remembers Sophie Scholl.