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Summary Of 'The Coddling Of The American Mind'
The article "The Coddling of the American Mind" summarizes things happening at America's colleges and universities campuses which is creating discomfort to the majority of students. Due to trigger warnings and micro aggressions there are a lot of changes in students behavior, the rates of mental illness and uneasiness in young adult have been increasing. The question is how did we get here and are those changes good or bad? As Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt mentioned, "Since children grew up getting a message from adults that life is dangerous, negative feelings have developed stronger"(Page 3). Some of the changes may seem good like students are desiring for more protection but them always being stressed and overwhelmed is not a good change.
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