In a world where teenagers grow up faster than they can handle and adults seem increasingly unsure of their role, something silently breaks. In response to this crack, the answer often appears to be a single path: prohibition. Prohibition of screens, of mobile phones, of the very space where young people seek voice and recognition. And yet, the more this world is restricted, the more urgent the need becomes for it to exist—elsewhere, more secretly, more intensely.

In Tell Me Adult, Matteo Lancini, a psychologist and psychotherapist with many years of clinical experience working with adolescents, delves into the complex relationship between teenagers and adults with an insightful approach. The author highlights how adults’ hasty interventions, instead of bridging the gap, often deepen it even further.

Ultimately, the question that remains open is what it really means to be “an adult” when you are called not to impose, but to endure the responsibility of the relationship.