Many parents have the impression that their children, despite all precautions, are defenseless in a world that is becoming increasingly foreign and unpredictable. Everything seems fluid now. The educational system, institutions, value systems, everything that seemed solid until yesterday is now shaken to a degree that we no longer dare to face tomorrow.
In these conditions, do the things we want to transmit to our children still have any value? What is the point of maintaining the thread of transmission between parents and children when tomorrow is expected to be radically different from today? What is the role of institutions such as the family and the educational system?
Two social sciences seem to be particularly concerned with these issues: psychology and history. Psychology approaches the issue from the perspective of the individual and the relationships between children and parents, which are established from the earliest moments of life. History, on the other hand, focuses its lens on the social parameters of the problem and offers the perspective of time and memory. A psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry, Philippe Jeammet, a recognized expert in adolescence, and a historian of contemporary history, Marc Ferro, who has studied how history is narrated to children, contribute their experience and cross their views discussing the issues of education and the transmission of values and knowledge from generation to generation.