{"id":26210,"date":"2025-03-19T09:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/?p=26210"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:26:40","slug":"adolescence-on-the-other-side-of-well-meaning-idealism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/en\/adolescence-on-the-other-side-of-well-meaning-idealism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abAdolescence\u00bb: On the Other Side of Well-Meaning Idealism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00abAdolescence\u00bb: On the Other Side of Well-Meaning Idealism<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26215\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26215\" src=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia.jpg 900w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia-440x330.jpg 440w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/policia-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene reminiscent of American anti-narcotics raids \/ Photo: IA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/deed.en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license noopener noreferrer\">License Creative Commons <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px!important; margin-left: 3px; vertical-align: text-bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mirrors.creativecommons.org\/presskit\/icons\/by.svg?ref=chooser-v1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px!important; margin-left: 3px; vertical-align: text-bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mirrors.creativecommons.org\/presskit\/icons\/nc.svg?ref=chooser-v1\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 22px!important; margin-left: 3px; vertical-align: text-bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mirrors.creativecommons.org\/presskit\/icons\/nd.svg?ref=chooser-v1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14587 entered litespeed-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 70px) 100vw, 70px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra.jpg 200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra-150x150.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 70px) 100vw, 70px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/educationalevidence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Eva-Serra.jpg 200w\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eva Serra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, 13 March, Netflix premiered the four-episode British miniseries <strong><em>Adolescence<\/em><\/strong>. Beyond its striking cinematographic approach\u2014a single continuous shot without camera cuts from beginning to end\u2014or the outstanding performances of <strong>Owen Cooper<\/strong> (Jamie, the adolescent criminal), <strong>Stephen Graham<\/strong> (Eddie, the father), and <strong>Faye Marsay<\/strong> (the mother), this production, directed by <strong>Philip Barantini<\/strong>, exposes the stark reality of a phenomenon that, regrettably, is becoming all too familiar. Who today would consider it implausible that a teenager, driven by criminal instincts, could fatally harm another human being? That is precisely the subject of <em>Adolescence<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From the opening minutes, Barantini immerses us in a gripping police operation: several armed officers burst into the minor\u2019s home in the dead of night, a scene reminiscent of American anti-narcotics raids. Yet, despite the suspect being a mere <strong>13-year-old boy<\/strong>, the intervention is entirely justified\u2014this is a case of murder. The parents, however, attempt to shield him as if he were a helpless child, while the boy wets himself in fear and weeps before the police. There is no softening of the edges in the arrest of the suspected murderer, nor in the subsequent interrogations. His <strong>actions were those of an adult<\/strong>, and his detention follows with correspondingly precise and unambiguous clarity.<\/p>\n<p>Up to this point, and without delving into spoilers, viewers accustomed, or not, to conventional narrative structures might wonder whether this is a case of wrongful police action (we quickly realise it is not) or whether the teenager\u2019s abhorrent act stems from an underlying trauma that might explain his lack of empathy towards women\u2014his victim is a girl of his own age\u2014or an undiagnosed psychopathy. Yet no such explanations are forthcoming. As in real life, <strong>impulsive, savage, or criminal instincts<\/strong> often exist without deeper justification\u2014a reality that our Western societies seem inexplicably unwilling to acknowledge. Any act, no matter how violent, is increasingly viewed through the hypocritical fragility of the perpetrator rather than the unacceptable vulnerability of the victim. This is the conditioning to which we are slowly being subjected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School bullying<\/strong> festers in classrooms while school authorities remain passive; teachers endure blatant <strong>disrespect<\/strong> amid administrative inaction; students display growing <strong>irresponsibility<\/strong>, emboldened by educational policies that relentlessly erode discipline and rigour. <strong>Immaturity, arrogance, conceit<\/strong>\u2014and at times, outright <strong>aggression or criminal<\/strong> behaviour of promising future thugs \u2014are all too often excused under a thick veneer of outdated and misguided progressive psychological theories. Philip Barantini\u2019s series stands out precisely because it strips reality of the Rousseauian embellishments that not only define contemporary political correctness but have also ascended to the status of an unquestionable moral authority in our time.<\/p>\n<p>Across its four episodes, <em>Adolescence<\/em> does not overlook the key elements that shape the <strong>ego architecture of today\u2019s teenagers<\/strong>: early exposure to degrading <strong>pornography<\/strong> (nude images of girls online serving as formative sexual references), the symbols and signifiers that fuel <strong>dangerous narcissism through<\/strong> <strong>social media<\/strong> (emoji responses from the victim that fail to gratify the perpetrator), and the mechanisms of <strong>justification, denial, and deceit<\/strong> (his repeated assurances, under oath, that he is not responsible). Added to this is the flippant and audacious manner in which teenagers <strong>manipulate adults<\/strong>, including their own parents and the social worker assigned to the case. The result is not merely an exercise, but an immersion, in stark realism.<\/p>\n<p>The tired rhetoric of so-called experts who dictate where to draw red lines in protecting victims and blue lines in understanding aggressors or criminals ultimately grants free rein to the savage instincts of some individuals. Education means containment, <strong>setting boundaries, prohibiting, and sanctioning<\/strong> such destructive impulses. Yet we now face a new creed of modern sophists who glorify self-discovery, for better or for worse. Until we acknowledge that juvenile criminal acts deserve unequivocal consequences, tragedies such as the recent murder of a 35-year-old social worker in a care facility will continue to weigh upon our society\u2014on the other side of well-meaning idealism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<strong>educational EVIDENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rights:\u00a0<strong>Creative Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the opening minutes, Barantini immerses us in a gripping police operation: several armed officers burst into the minor\u2019s home in the dead of night, a scene reminiscent of American anti-narcotics raids. 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