Teenagers. Let's take care of it. Suggestions for thought from the online seminar "Crescere oggi - Dialoghi sui giovani al tempo della pandemia"

Abstract

Are we ready to promote digital citizenship and propose an education under the banner of Information Literacy? We can learn to use methods and languages ​​typical of the information society marked by the protagonism and the pervasiveness of digital, of which we are all citizens, to dialogue with adolescents, our students, our children, to tune in with them starting from them, from their worlds, their practices and tools for interaction and communication? Are we also available to talk about their pain and suffering? We want to discuss the issues of discomfort that adults too often do not want to talk about, cannot talk about, and which instead have always been part of the life of adolescents and who today, more than ever in this time marked by the pandemic, live in the minds of boys? Are we aware of how significant it is to support and activate the peer network in the education processes of young people? We are ready to lend a hand to their unequivocal and sometimes silent request of communication and help?
Echoing the words of Pier Cesare Rivoltella, Matteo Lancini and Stefano Alemanno, these are some of the relevant questions proposed to educators, teachers, parents, volunteers from youth services, who participated in the online public meeting Growing today - Dialogues on young people at the time of the pandemic2 - reflection and training meeting dedicated to addressing youth problems with attention to the issues of digital citizenship and the well-being of young people in the period of the pandemic.