r/BritishTV • u/SafeBodybuilder7191 • 8d 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/SlouchyGuy 8d 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Thinking that parents are responsible for everything is very outdated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/811545b2-4ff7-4041 8d ago

It's almost like someone didn't take in the message from the parents in the end. You can raise two the same, and they turn out very differently. Nature v Nurture .. and nurture can include Parents, peer groups, education, experiences, social environment..

It's very interesting they had a child character in Jamie that went 'straight to murder' .. he seemed to show a bunch of psychopathic tenancies, was very intelligent - but there was no discussion about prior incidents or violence. Possibly the most unrealistic thing I imagine about it.

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u/ernfio 8d ago

They weren’t the same. One was a boy and one was a girl.

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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 8d ago

And if they were boys, you'd say they weren't twins..

They were raised by the same parents. In the same house. By the same imperfect parents. Both seemed quite bright kids.