By Lutfi Dervishi
In the early hours of the morning, police force their way into the Miller family home, arresting a 13-year-old for murdering his classmate. The boy, drowsy, shaken, and confused, denies everything.
This is the beginning of the series Adolescence, just released on Netflix
If you're a parent and think you know the world your child is growing up in, this film is the bell you haven't heard yet.
It's not just a drama, it's an invitation to understand the lives of children in the age of social media, and their loneliness in the digital crowd.
The lives of teenagers today no longer take place between family, school, and the neighborhood alley, but on...cell phones.
The series tells the story of several teenagers who face challenges that their parents never even thought about: early exposure to sexuality, feeling good/bad depending on likes and comments, normalizing anxiety, the pressure to become someone as quickly as possible.
What does adolescence teach you?
It's not enough to say "put that phone down." You have to understand what the guy/girl is looking for on that phone. What are you gaining while wasting time? What are you losing while gaining "followers" and likes?
"Adolescence" does not offer solutions, but raises existential and rhetorical questions:
Do we really know what is happening to children today?
How present are we, (not just physically) emotionally?
“Adolescence” is an emotional manual for understanding a world that changes faster than we do and more deeply than we acknowledge.
This film should not be watched out of curiosity or to kill time, but to prepare.
After seeing the four eoisodes, he feels more responsible. Maybe a little guilty, but above all, a desire to be closer.
Children do not need perfect parents, nor rich, nor powerful, but conscious parents. (A2 Televizion)
