Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but Jonathan Haidt’s book The Coddling of the American Mind...goes over most of this. While no doubt there are children that do indeed have legitimate mental health issues, Haidt and his co-author ultimately blame helicopter parents and social media for a lot of it. Millions of parents have tried …
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but Jonathan Haidt’s book The Coddling of the American Mind...goes over most of this. While no doubt there are children that do indeed have legitimate mental health issues, Haidt and his co-author ultimately blame helicopter parents and social media for a lot of it. Millions of parents have tried to protect their children from everything, not just physical harm but any kind of negative experience. These are the kids that get to college and can’t stand to have their views challenged because “words are violence.” Couple that with the fact that millions of kids grew up without physical social interaction because their entire social life is through social media. They’re not prepared to interact with thousands of strangers with face-to-face dialogue.
Sadly the proposed solution appears to be more coddling. Safe spaces, canceling, censoring, etc. At some point these kids are going to need to enter the real world where they won’t be coddled. Then again, MSM cancels and censors every day so maybe these kids will be alright.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but Jonathan Haidt’s book The Coddling of the American Mind...goes over most of this. While no doubt there are children that do indeed have legitimate mental health issues, Haidt and his co-author ultimately blame helicopter parents and social media for a lot of it. Millions of parents have tried to protect their children from everything, not just physical harm but any kind of negative experience. These are the kids that get to college and can’t stand to have their views challenged because “words are violence.” Couple that with the fact that millions of kids grew up without physical social interaction because their entire social life is through social media. They’re not prepared to interact with thousands of strangers with face-to-face dialogue.
Sadly the proposed solution appears to be more coddling. Safe spaces, canceling, censoring, etc. At some point these kids are going to need to enter the real world where they won’t be coddled. Then again, MSM cancels and censors every day so maybe these kids will be alright.