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Families fighting to keep loved ones out of extremist groups struggle to find intervention programs (www.abc.net.au)
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These families never imagined their loved ones would be drawn to Neo-Nazi groups. Now they're fighting to get them back and begging the government to help.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah so I have a son and daughter who are too young to encounter this stuff but I'm definitely concerned about it. I don't have any experience at all in navigating this type of dynamic.

I suspect that in the coming years I'm going to realise just how difficult it is to maintain a relationship with your kids where you have some level of influence while simultaneously earning some level of respect, camaraderie, kinship, and ultimately have them share things with you. It kinda sounds impossible honestly.

I know that the fitness angle is also a recruitment tool used by these organisations. You know, come to the gym, learn to work out, learn kickboxing or whatever, acquire role models, be influenced.

I guess one strategy is to encourage relationships with better role models so they have a point of reference when they encounter someone with ulterior motives and differing views.