18 h. ago What parents should know before watching Adolescence with their child

Keir Starmer says the Netflix series that has captivated audiences should be shown in UK high schools

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23 h. ago Counter terror police issue warning to parents to look out for signs their child is at risk of radicalisation online in wake of Netflix show Adolescence

Counter Terrorism officers are urging parents to keep an eye out for signs that their child could be drawn into extremism after Netflix's Adolescence.

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23 h. ago Three dangerous signs to watch for as parents warned over Easter treat

A first aid expert has warned parents to avoid giving the sweets to young children this year

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4 d. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham once offered to adopt child co

‘He promised to stick by me and support me,’ actor told ‘The Independent’

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8 d. ago The hidden meanings behind seemingly random moments in Adolescence... and their chilling warnings about boys today, by child psychologist DR SHEILA REDFERN

What do each of the seemingly random objects and actions in Adolescence mean - and how can they be used to try to unpick Jamie's heinous crime?

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9 d. ago The horrifying true stories that inspired Adolescence: How a series of brutal child murders drove Stephen Graham to make the hit Netflix show

Adolescence has won plaudits internationally for its chilling depiction of radicalisation and incel culture involving young boys - with Keir Starmer saying it should be shown in schools/

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1 week ago Were the Friends even human? Watching the old shows again, they certainly don’t breed like the rest of us | Nell Frizzell

One minute Rachel and Phoebe are giving birth, the next they’re perfectly groomed and having coffee with their mates. That’s not a picture I recogniseI’ve started watching this great fantasy series from the mid-90s and early 00s – it’s called Friends. It follows a group of humanoid characters who treat childbirth as a social occasion, wear full makeup postpartum and never look after their babies. The fantasy element is very clever – so subtle in fact that it is only now, watching it decades later, as a parent myself, that I even noticed it.Perhaps back in the 90s the otherworldly nature of Phoebe Buffay waiting to give birth to triplets in a room chock-full of her wise-cracking friends, despite it being a high-risk pregnancy, was understood. Maybe the way that Ross Geller’s baby Ben is delivered under a sheet, by an obstetrician apparently working blind, was a well-known speculative fiction trope back then. Possibly when it originally aired, parents were simply amazed by the special...

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1 week ago Sacrifices made by Owen Cooper's mum to turn Adolescene star into global success

During Owen Cooper’s meteoric rise to fame, from dancing Gangnam Style as a child to starring in Netflix’s Adolescence, he has been supported by his beloved mum Noreen

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1 week ago Adolescence star Ashley Walters: 'what's behind male anger? Fear.'

The star of Top Boy has eight children of his own — watching every parent’s worst nightmare play out in Netflix’s hit new show Adolescence is like a horror story, he says

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. Now he needs to show he’s learned from it | Gaby Hinsliff

The government balked at protecting children from the perils of social media. TV has made the issues plain; now politics must do its jobIt’s the story every parent of teenagers I know has been watching horrified through their fingers. The Netflix drama Adolescence starts with armed police breaking down an ordinary front door to arrest a 13-year-old boy for murder, in front of his bewildered parents. Though initially it seems there must have been some terrible mistake, Jamie’s Instagram account soon yields clues that all the adults – police, parents and teachers alike – had initially blundered past, oblivious.Though talk of misogynistic “manosphere” influencers such as Andrew Tate hovers over the storyline, this isn’t really a story of radicalisation. What it skewers is the feeling of growing up very publicly in a world where sending nudes risks them instantly being shared round the class and everyone automatically films playground fights on their phones, and how that intensifies dan...

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2 w. ago Adolescence star Ashley Walters on what prison taught him, fame, and finding peace

The star of Top Boy has eight children of his own — watching every parent’s worst nightmare play out in Netflix’s hit new show Adolescence is like a horror story, he says

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2 w. ago Adolescence star Ashley Walters on fame, what prison taught him, and finding peace

The star of Netflix’s Adolescence has eight children of his own — watching every parent’s worst nightmare play out is like a horror story, he says

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2 w. ago Ashley Walters: 'If you’re a parent, Adolescence has to resonate with you'

The star of Netflix’s Adolescence has eight children of his own — watching every parent’s worst nightmare play out is like a horror story, he says

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2 w. ago ‘Never fails to make my day’: readers on their feelgood movies

As Guardian writers continue to share their go-to comfort films, we asked for your picks, which range from a ghostly sports drama to a Hitchcock thrillerMy parents’ favorite, too. So much so they allowed me to watch it on a school night. I loved the arch dialogue (Deborah Kerr), especially the request for “pink champagne” that I used for years to torture my younger sister whenever she wanted to know what I was doing. Why, drinking pink champagne, of course! It’s on Netflix again so am enjoying it for the umpteenth time in all its glorious technicolor. Deepavali70 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham breaks down in tears during interview as host says: 'we didn't want to make you cry!'

The actor, 51, who is currently starring in Netflix hit Adolescence, idolised Robert De Niro as a child and had a poster of him from the film Taxi Driver on his wall.

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2 w. ago Owen Cooper in Adolescence: the best child acting debut ever?

Adolescence director Philip Barantini tells us about working with the ‘natural-born talent’ that is Owen Cooper

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2 w. ago Owen Cooper in Adolescence: the best child acting debut since Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver?

Adolescence director Philip Barantini tells us about working with the ‘natural-born talent’ that is Owen Cooper

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2 w. ago Netflix's Adolescence viewers urged to 'act now' amid 'manosphere' concerns

Parents are urging fellow mums and dads to watch the new crime drama as concerns rise over social media's influence

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2 w. ago Psychologist reveals five 'subtle' signs your child might be radicalised by online incel culture as Netflix's Adolescence leaves parents 'terrified'

British actor Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the show, recently said he wanted to explore the rise of 'incel' or involuntary celibate-fuelled misogyny among young boys, while asking 'who is to blame'.

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2 w. ago Supernanny Jo Frost accuses parents of 'neglect' if they don't watch their children complete daily task

The British childcare expert, Jo Frost, has warned parents that they may be 'neglecting' their children if they don't watch them brush their teeth.

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