I'm A Headteacher. I Don't Think Adolescence Should Be Shown In Schools

Alex Crossman, headteacher of the London Academy of Excellence (left) and Jamie from Adolescence (right)

The Prime Minister has called for the Netflix drama Adolescence to be shown in schools. His impulse to inoculate boys and young men against the online pandemic of toxic masculinity is laudable.

But his recommendation is misplaced.  

Adolescence will only serve as a warning if teenage boys at risk of radicalisation recognise the behaviours it portrays onscreen as aberrant and nihilistic.