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This site is full of resources to help navigate this turbulent time in higher education https://www.thecoddling.com/ https://www.thecoddling.com/. It has helped

This site is full of resources to help navigate this turbulent time in higher education https://www.thecoddling.com/ https://www.thecoddling.com/. It has helped me articulate what concerns me so much.

FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
This word "coddling" implies weakness, and presumes authority. Both are mistakes. "They have no skills! They don't know how to work for a living! All they know how to do is..." ...raise an army.
- auslegung 5y ago
  Coddle: treat in an indulgent or overprotective way. That is exactly the point the authors are making, that students are overprotecting each other and themselves, and in turn putting pressure on administrators and professors to participate in the coddling. They do not dismiss the very real traumas and pain students (or anyone) has experienced, but that this overprotection is not the answer. From the website: > Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. How did this happen? > First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life.

FooBarBizBazz 5y ago

This word "coddling" implies weakness, and presumes authority. Both are mistakes. "They have no skills! They don't know how to work for a living! All they know how to do is..." ...raise an army.

auslegung 5y ago
Coddle: treat in an indulgent or overprotective way. That is exactly the point the authors are making, that students are overprotecting each other and themselves, and in turn putting pressure on administrators and professors to participate in the coddling. They do not dismiss the very real traumas and pain students (or anyone) has experienced, but that this overprotection is not the answer. From the website: > Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. How did this happen? > First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life.