Mark Stanley, from left, Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham in a scene from Netflix’s Adolescence.The Associated Press
It seems everybody is talking about Netflix’s Adolescence, a four-part series about a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a schoolmate. The show has ignited conversations about being an adolescent boy today, about a crisis in masculinity that’s linked to social media instigators and digital loneliness and increasing online sex segregation.
But, as columnist Marsha Lederman wrote, it was also a hard watch for parents of teenage boys, as viewers got a glimpse of the dangers of online bullying and toxic masculinity.
Netflix’s new miniseries Adolescence will terrify parents – and is the streamer’s best since Baby Reindeer
On Thursday, April 3 at noon ET, child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts, Marsha Lederman and Globe television critic J. Kelly Nestruck will be answering reader questions about Adolescence, and how parents can talk to their kids about the show and the issues it depicts.
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Opinion: As the mother of a teenage boy, I forced myself to watch Adolescence. You should do the same
Did watching Adolescence make you uncomfortable? What issues or concerns has it raised for you about adolescents, social media and cellphone use? If your kids have watched it, what was their reaction? What conversations has the show opened up about masculinity? Submit your questions now.
Parents, do you have questions about Adolescence?
On Thursday, April 3 at noon ET, child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts, Marsha Lederman and Globe television critic J. Kelly Nestruck will be answering reader questions about Adolescence, and how parents can talk to their kids about the show and the issues it depicts. What issues or concerns has it raised for you about adolescents, social media and cellphone use? What conversations has the show opened up about masculinity? Submit your questions now.
