The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Haidt and Lukianoff identify three 'Great Untruths' being taught to American students — that they are fragile, that emotions are always reliable guides to truth, and that the world is a battle between good and bad people. The book traces how declining free play, rising overprotection, and campus culture are combining to produce a generation less equipped to handle adversity. The direct intellectual predecessor to The Anxious Generation.
