How do we raise children when everything is politicised?

During a special live recording of Take Me Home at this year’s Battle of Ideas Festival, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by Jennie Bristow and Ellie Lee, authors of Growing Up in the Culture Wars.

They explore fraying generational bonds and the factors such as work, sex and politics that shape young people’s transition into adulthood. What lies behind the cultural obsession with identity that incites teenagers and emerging adults to prize fashionable badges of personal validation? Is there a viable route to restoring generational health in society?

Also listen to Ellie Lee on the Take Me Home podcast, 24 September 2026: