If Kids Are Being 'Black-Pilled', Expert Suggests Lighthouse Parenting Could Help

One of the key themes is an "open and non-judgmental communication style".

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

“Lighthouse parenting” could help prevent kids from being “black-pilled” online within incel communities, an expert in countering extremism has said.

For those who haven’t come across the term: incels, or involuntary celibates, are a community of (predominantly) men who believe they’re unable to form sexual relationships with women due to a combination of their looks and societal structures.

There are a couple of ideologies floated around in online incel communities – one is the red pill ideology, which (per UN Women) means to wake up to a reality that the world favours women over men.

Since then, another ideology – dubbed the black pill – has emerged, which Brittanica notes is an “extreme extension” of red pill philosophy.

Speaking to Joeli Brearley and Elliott Rae on their To Be A Boy podcast, Meadhbh Park, the author of Blackpilled and an expert in countering violent extremism, said: “The black pill........

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