The second installment of the Adolescence project flipped the conversation on youth education thanks to Prof. Franco Nembrini's intervention. Alongside Gigi De Palo, Fondazione's General Director, Nembrini placed adult responsibility at the center, stating: "The educational problem does not lie with the kids."

Nembrini dismantles the idea of "ineducable" teens, explaining that the generational gap isn't bridged by chasing them on social media or adopting their digital languages, but by returning to the "heart": universal needs like recognition and life's purpose. "Children watch – he observed – The educational problem is what they see when they look at us," critiquing adult weariness that conveys growth as a burden, not a vocation.

In the concluding part of his talk, Nembrini critiques the trend of treating education as a technical issue, managed through protocols and specialists, shifting focus from human relationships to mere administration. "We have filled education with experts because adults no longer trust their own experience," he noted, stressing how this approach risks delegating what remains irreducibly personal: the authentic presence of adults in reality and relationships.

Among the key themes that emerged:

• Raising children requires passion more than skills: the joy of watching them grow.
  
  

• Moving from advice to testimony: show, don't just tell.
  
  

• Importance of appearing passionate about life; a happy parent raises fulfilled children.
  
  

• Unconditional love for children, beyond grades and results: "Stop identifying kids with their report cards."
  
  

• Mercy as a key relational element.
  
  

• Iconic phrase: "It's hard to grow up in a sad home."
  
  

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