Recently, in my social psychology class, our professor had us watch the new Netflix series, Adolescence. I had no idea of it when she started it, but as I watched it, I was HOOKED. I’m not someone who would willingly watch crime and thriller, but this show displays the complications of modern teenagers, especially from a psychological point of view. The story revolves around a 13-year-old boy, Jamie Miller , who is accused of murdering his classmate Katie Leonard. What makes this show so compelling, however, isn't the crime mystery that has been committed but the figuring out of Jamie's world. Because as the series progresses, it becomes clear that this isn’t just about violence or guilt, it's about emotional disconnection, identity confusion, and the dangerous spaces some adolescents fall into when they’re left unseen. Now, I am NOT defending Jamie by any means, but the psychology involved in this series tells the reader why he acted the way he did. The series discusses t...
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