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War in Ukraine: the fears of French youth
The war in Ukraine arouses anxiety among adolescents and young adults, who often follow the news on social networks, where shortcuts and short formats are not always a source of reassurance. Reporting.
(France 2)
The war in Ukraine arouses anxiety among adolescents and young adults, who often follow the news on social networks, where shortcuts and short formats are not always a source of reassurance. Reporting.
For two years, images of the war in Ukraine have appeared on social networks, sometimes accompanied by threats of nuclear conflict or martial declarations. For many young people in France, the feeling of anxiety about the conflict is increasing, including among adolescents. “It scares me, because a lot of people around me say it’s going to be a Third World War”confides a schoolgirl of around twelve years old.
A youth far from carefree
“What is most worrying is that these images potentiate a feeling that young people have, that tomorrow will be worse than today”explains Professor Marie-Rose Moro, child psychiatrist and author of 50 questions about babies, children, adolescents. To better understand, many young people favor the ideas of Hugo Travers, known as HugoDécrypte. Every day, he gives the keys and the context to the events that make the news. If the very informed Terminale high school students met by France Télévisions calmly approach the conflict with Russia, they do not rule out the idea that the war could overtake France.
Far from the clichés about the carefree nature of youth, adolescents and young adults feel more concerned than ever by the world around them.
