[Modernity and turmoil of adolescence]

Teenagers sometimes show us, in quite dramatic fashion, the upheavals they face as they embark on the difficult journey towards adulthood. Removed from parental directions and ideals, they need to follow their own subjective compass, in a social relationship where anxiety is ever present. Far from being indifferent to the world, they offer a lucid insight into its flaws and false pretences, in a distraught search for meaning. In this state of vulnerability and internal disarray, they can be exposed to the risk of fanaticism and deadly beliefs which promise a resolution to the chaos of their existence. The use of screens as a place to hide behind, segregational communities, toxic pathways, like an artificial veil on the world, are all dangerous solutions to which the teenager may turn.