hat is happening at American universities? Jonathan Haidt, moral psychologist and critically acclaimed author, provides answers in his latest book co-authored with Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation For Failure, which is now on sale. Yesterday Haidt discussed what's been going wrong in childrearing in the past few decades. Today he'll discuss what's been happening when today's youth show up at college.
Madeleine Kearns: In your new book you and Greg Lukianoff argue that overprotection is badly affecting the development of young people today. Previously, we discussed where the “bad ideas” referred to in your book's title originated and the damage they do before young people go to college. Here, we'll discuss what's been happening since “iGen” started arriving on college campuses around 2013.
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