THE IMPACT OF THEATRICAL PLAYS ON YOUTH EDUCATION

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This article explores the role and influence of theatrical plays in shaping the moral, cultural, and intellectual development of youth. The study examines how stage performances serve as an effective educational tool, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence among young audiences. By analyzing both classical and contemporary works, the research highlights the ability of theatrical art to instill ethical values, enhance social awareness, andencourage active civicparticipation. The findings emphasizethat theater, as aform of artistic expression, plays a significant role in building a well-rounded and socially responsible young generation. Keywords: theatrical plays, youth education, moral values, cultural development, creativity, emotionalintelligence, social awareness, civicengagement. Our great enlightener, Abdullah Avloni, said: “Upbringing for us is a matter of life or death, salvation or destruction, happiness or calamity”, thus emphasizing the paramount importance of educating the younger generation on the path toward perfection. Indeed, a person’s spiritual maturity, formation as an individual, attainment of a worthy place in society, and earning the respect of the community largely depend on the education and upbringing they receive in their youth. The “salvation” and “happiness” or the “ruin” and “calamity” of an individual’s fate are directly connected to whether upbringing is properly or improperly directed. Especially today, in an era of information globalization, when various dangers and threats loom large, the education of the younger generation must remain a constant focus of the elders’ attention. As it is rightly noted: “We must always be vigilant, alert, and cautious against such growing dangers. The only effective response to these threats is through comprehensive, well- thought-out, scientifically grounded, and continuousspiritual education.” In our country, tremendous opportunities have been created to raise the spiritual level of the younger generation, foster patriotism, systematically develop their knowledge and abilities, and nurture them into highly qualified specialists in various fields. Ensuring that the younger generation—especially children—are healthy both spiritually and physically, encouraging their interests and talents in all areas, and educating them to be worthy successors of our great ancestors—scholars and saints—are noble goals. The dedication of entire years to children, such as “The Year of the Healthy Generation,” “The Year of Mothers and Children,” “The Year of Youth,” “The Year of the Harmoniously Developed Generation,” “The Year of the Strong Family,” and “The Year of the Healthy Child,” clearly demonstrates that we all share equal responsibilityfor thefutureand destiny ofourhomeland’s rising generation. However, the borderless nature of the Internet and communication systems, which are increasingly shaping the face of our century, brings not only the promotion of noble deeds and universal ideas but also alien concepts that are entirely foreign to our people’s spiritual world and cast a shadow over our age-old values. It is no secret that under the guise of “democracy,” “mass culture,” and “cosmopolitanism,” a so-called “culture” with negative undertones has taken shape. This phenomenon threatens the social, economic, political, and spiritual life of the global community, including our homeland, with its insidious aims. The fact that such harmful intentions are primarily aimed at the spiritual world of young people, especially children, is a https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue7,2025 247 causefor deep concern and calls for vigilance from us all. Foreign music and music videos, unusual clothing styles among youth, tasteless hair fashions among both men and women, films promoting vulgarity and moral decay, as well as the growing influence of alien concepts through flashy, colorful consumer goods—all these undermine the stability of our peaceful society. Even more alarming is the spread of toys, dolls, and cartoons that promote cruelty, violence, and heartlessness, which can have a negative impact on the worldview of small children. It is evident that a child’s heart is like a blank sheet of paper, and their mind is pure. For those seeking to impose their aims, it is far easier to “educate” pure- hearted children—who are just beginning to form an understanding of life—than to subjugate an already matureindividual with adeveloped worldview. Therefore, in pursuing their vile goals, such forces focus their attention primarily onchildren and youth. In this regard, forming “spiritual immunity” and a sense of aesthetic taste, as well as developing the ability to choose and compare, is of crucial importance in resisting these foreign influences. To achieve this, it is expedient to make use of the arts—one of the most powerful means capable ofsowing theseeds of kindness andhumanism inpeople’s hearts, and oftouching their emotions and int