WEBVTT - MINI: Should Adolescence be shown in schools?

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<v Speaker 1>Now the show that literally the world is talking about

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix show Adolescence. It is a show where a thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old boy in the UK fatally injures another school student,

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<v Speaker 1>and it has started this conversation around the world on

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<v Speaker 1>are we doing enough with our children in the schools?

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<v Speaker 1>Are we doing enough with our children at home to

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<v Speaker 1>prevent this from happening, because in the UK crime from

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<v Speaker 1>teenagers against other teenagers is absolutely rife, like the statistics

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<v Speaker 1>are huge. Now, off the back of this conversation about

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<v Speaker 1>adolescence and the popularity, the British Prime Minister has actually

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<v Speaker 1>backed the fact that this should be shown in schools

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<v Speaker 1>around the country, that it should almost start to become

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<v Speaker 1>a part of the school curriculum to educate and teach

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<v Speaker 1>against misogyny and how kids can be a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>more media literate. And I know that's a really big

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<v Speaker 1>thing for a teenager to understand. But with the likes

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<v Speaker 1>of people like Andrew Tate who are consuming our young men,

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<v Speaker 1>who we're teaching them absolutely abhorrent things, how do we

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<v Speaker 1>counteract the crime that's happening. How do we say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not enough anymore for a parent to say treat

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<v Speaker 1>your kid with respects like these things aren't enough anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>So in the UK they're going to say, hey, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, let's bring this into the school curriculum and

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<v Speaker 1>try and start it from the education system out well.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if anyone hasn't seen it, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>it kind of revolves around screen time, and it revolves

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<v Speaker 2>around young boys in particular forming very problematic views about

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<v Speaker 2>girls because of the content that they're consuming online. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's a big conversation that's happened here in

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<v Speaker 2>Australia recently around raising the age of social media use.

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<v Speaker 2>But also the thing that kind of gets left out

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<v Speaker 2>of that equation is how easy it is for kids

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<v Speaker 2>to access sexually explicit materials online as well. And I

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<v Speaker 2>thought the show was incredible. I think everyone who's watched

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<v Speaker 2>it walks away from it thinking, not only is it

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<v Speaker 2>the way it's created is amazing, it's this one shot film,

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<v Speaker 2>but what it makes you think as a parent, what

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<v Speaker 2>it makes you think is how you're raising your children,

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<v Speaker 2>I think is really profound and interesting. My take home

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<v Speaker 2>from this wasn't just about how there needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>work done with kids, but I also think there needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be worked on with parents. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>we are in time when parents can be illiterate to

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<v Speaker 2>what their children are consuming online anymore. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>if your kids have a screen, if they have computers

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<v Speaker 2>in their room, if they are young and impressionable, then

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<v Speaker 2>there has to be an understanding of what it is

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<v Speaker 2>that they could be consuming, and there has to be

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<v Speaker 2>conversations that are happening with your kids at home, not

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<v Speaker 2>just with kids at school for that change to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, there's a woman named Somasara who has founded a

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<v Speaker 1>charity which focuses on highlighting a lot of violence against children,

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<v Speaker 1>and she has collected thousands of anonymous testimonies from women

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<v Speaker 1>and girls that describe what happens at schools on school grounds,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is the groping, assault, sexist name calling, inappropriate touching,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that this is increasing. So you think

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<v Speaker 1>of how much work we have been doing as a

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<v Speaker 1>society to try and counteract this, yet we're seeing an

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<v Speaker 1>increase in it. So I think the education systems are

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<v Speaker 1>at a bit of a wits end. It's like, so,

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<v Speaker 1>what are we actually going to do to stop this?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it would be a really scary time for a

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<v Speaker 1>parent there's a lot of parents that are not doing

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing. There's a lot of parents that are

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<v Speaker 1>doing every single thing they can to teach their children

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<v Speaker 1>and protect their children, and they're still seeing that it's

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<v Speaker 1>not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I think, you know, And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that this show showed so perfectly is that it's

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<v Speaker 2>very easy to think that it's not your child. It's

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<v Speaker 2>very easy to look at your own parenting and be like,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm a good parent. I love my kids, I

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<v Speaker 2>care about my kids, I want the best of my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>I provide for them. My kid's a good kid, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>And we always think that, right, Like you always think

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<v Speaker 2>your kid's a good kid because you raise them, you

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<v Speaker 2>want to protect them. But like in this instance, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like there was so many other things that were going

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<v Speaker 2>on with this boy who is the main character of

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<v Speaker 2>this show that the parents just weren't aware of. And

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<v Speaker 2>I would dare say that there are lot of kids

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<v Speaker 2>who do horrible things and their parents are like, I

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<v Speaker 2>never would have expected it from my child. And I

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<v Speaker 2>guess like that's the thing is knowing that, like there

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<v Speaker 2>are things that our kids can be exposed to and

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<v Speaker 2>can be doing that we might not be aware of well.

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<v Speaker 1>The British Prime Minister has said whilst it was difficult

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<v Speaker 1>to watch, and he did watch it with his fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old daughter and sixteen year old son, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I do believe if this is put into schools it

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<v Speaker 1>will help students better understand the impact of misogyny, the

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<v Speaker 1>dangers of online radicalization, and the importance of healthy relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, as much as it would be very confronting

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<v Speaker 1>for a lot of people to watch, if you are

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<v Speaker 1>in your late teens, I think you're old enough to

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<v Speaker 1>consume this content and if it is going to help

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<v Speaker 1>with the things that they think it's going to help with,

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<v Speaker 1>then I would absolutely be all for it shown in

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<v Speaker 1>schools to kickstart that conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I agree, And I also think if you're a

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<v Speaker 2>parent and you're listening to this and you haven't watched

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<v Speaker 2>it yet, I think watching it with your kids so

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<v Speaker 2>that you can have the discussion. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>there's any point a fourteen year old watching it on

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<v Speaker 2>their own, because if they don't already understand, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to just comprehend by watching a TV show. There

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be that sort of adult intervention or you

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<v Speaker 2>know the school system whatever it is, but there has

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<v Speaker 2>to be the support that goes with watching something like that,

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<v Speaker 2>So definitely watch it with your kids and have discussions afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, having said that, it is time for us to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. We're going to see you again

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow