Three cheers to all the points here! Creating space for calm conversation at home is a great start to healing pain - whether boys, girls or parents. Shared vulnerability creates greater paths to connection than parental control ever will.
Thanks for sharing these perspectives, Chris. This is a nuanced conversation - not a blunt, one size fits all boys situation.
One of the issues with these types of films is that there is not always fidelity to the associated curriculum (if there even is an associated curriculum). For instance, MTV created a curriculum for 16 and Pregnant together with CDC and PPFA. When it was implemented with fidelity in schools, it was one of the most effective ways to prevent unplanned pregnancies.
I know that the UK has decided to show Adolescence in schools. Do we know if there is an associated curriculum? Who will be leading the conversations? Classroom teachers like Christopher Pepper, outside CBO/NGO? Will there be training for the adults leading the conversations?
I really appreciated reading this thoughtful, balanced view. Having raised boys and taught boys (a few of whom I deeply suspected had been ‘red-pilled’), I think the point below is the crux of it: If you want to address any problem that any group of humans has, you have to care about each individual human in that group and treat them as if you care. But the ‘you have to care’ part comes first. You have to take the time to see each and every young person to help them thrive.
Three cheers to all the points here! Creating space for calm conversation at home is a great start to healing pain - whether boys, girls or parents. Shared vulnerability creates greater paths to connection than parental control ever will.
Thanks for sharing these perspectives, Chris. This is a nuanced conversation - not a blunt, one size fits all boys situation.
One of the issues with these types of films is that there is not always fidelity to the associated curriculum (if there even is an associated curriculum). For instance, MTV created a curriculum for 16 and Pregnant together with CDC and PPFA. When it was implemented with fidelity in schools, it was one of the most effective ways to prevent unplanned pregnancies.
I know that the UK has decided to show Adolescence in schools. Do we know if there is an associated curriculum? Who will be leading the conversations? Classroom teachers like Christopher Pepper, outside CBO/NGO? Will there be training for the adults leading the conversations?
I really appreciated reading this thoughtful, balanced view. Having raised boys and taught boys (a few of whom I deeply suspected had been ‘red-pilled’), I think the point below is the crux of it: If you want to address any problem that any group of humans has, you have to care about each individual human in that group and treat them as if you care. But the ‘you have to care’ part comes first. You have to take the time to see each and every young person to help them thrive.