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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

Book by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt · 3 quotes · Sjw, Children, Progres

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“Concepts like trauma and safety have expanded so far since the 1980s that they are often employed in ways that are no longer grounded in legitimate psychological research. Grossly expanded conceptions of trauma and safety are now used to justify the overprotection of children of all ages-- even college students”

“Skenazy sees [cognitive distortion] discounting positives when parents overmonitor. "Any upside to free, unsupervised time (joy, independence, problem-solving, resilience) is seen as trivial, compared to the infinite harm the child could suffer without you there"...”