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In Part 1 of Episode 574 of It’s All About the Children on hmTv, hosts Carin and Sami welcome Jeff Schoep for a powerful conversation about children, belonging, radicalization, and the urgent need for human connection in a divided world.

Jeff Schoep, a former longtime leader in the neo-Nazi movement who now works to prevent extremism and help people leave hate groups, joins Holocaust survivor, educator, and motivational speaker Sami Steigmann for a deeply meaningful discussion about how young people can be shaped by fear, loneliness, trauma, ideology, and the search for identity.

Together, they explore why children and teens may be drawn toward extremist thinking, how hate often grows out of disconnection and fear, and why schools, families, media, and communities must do more to offer young people healthy belonging, purpose, and guidance.

This episode reminds us that children are not born to hate. They are shaped by what surrounds them. Through education, empathy, storytelling, and courageous dialogue, we can help them choose humanity over hate. 

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