Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
Good intentions and overprotective parenting have helped create a culture of safetyism that may be setting up a generation of young adults for anxiety, depression, and failure.
Children are inherently anti-fragile and require exposure to minor risks, stressors, and challenges to develop into resilient and independent adults.
The book argues that the modern crisis in youth mental health is strongly shaped by the widespread adoption of the untruths of fragility, emotional reasoning, and tribalism.
The cultural obsession with eliminating all threats has expanded the definition of safety to include protection from emotional discomfort and opposing viewpoints.