Man is a social being; whether “civilized by nature” or “civilized by necessity,” man remains incomplete without society and cannot build civilization. Today’s Iranian society, like most developing societies, faces emerging and mutated issues, such as declining social solidarity, family breakdown, deep generational divide, digital addiction, pathological individualism, public distrust, increasing divorce, and dozens of other harms that have their roots in rapid global developments, economic pressures, and the unbridled influence of technology. These issues are no longer “marginal problems”; they are serious threats that, if left untreated, will infect and collapse the body of society.

In the meantime, universities and schools, as the beating heart of a country, cannot remain isolated, document-oriented islands. Their mission is no longer simply to transfer technical knowledge and produce ISI articles; They must become a problem-oriented and life-building institution that operates on three complementary fronts: (1) teaching life skills as the core of the curriculum, (2) purposeful research on real issues in society and providing local and practical solutions, and (3) educating the “art of living” with a focus on tolerance, resilience, peaceful coexistence, and civic ethics.

The most important practical suggestion of the article is the implementation of the transformative plan “Every Home, a Mentor”: every student and pupil, on a mandatory and accredited basis, should be sent to families, neighborhoods, and villages as a mentor for a specific period of time and teach them the skills of living in the new millennium not only through words but also through their behavior. This plan will transform millions of young people and adolescents into real agents of change and create a broad wave of solidarity, resilience, and hope in society.