The Coddling of the American Mind Book Reviews

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The Coddling of the American Mind. An amazing and insightful read that explains so much of the reactive and non-productive “verbal noise” and thinking around me. At 73 yr. old I am baffled by the division, anger and fear. Now it is starting to make sense. This is an important book, IMO as we can’t modify something in our society, we don’t understand.

Highly recommended. Haven’t quite finished it but I love it so far

Illuminating analysis. Stunning examples, Incisive reflection and compelling argumentation make this book a treasure and a must-read for anyone navigating the US education system, parenting or US society at-large.

Brings insight and clarity. I was born on the tail of Millennial and head of Gen Z. I remember two starkly different types of childhoods, the pre internet and internet being everything, but never understood how they came about. This book clearly explains the shift, why the authors & others believe it’s concerning, and offers widespread and individual resolution steps. I highly recommend, at least to anyone in the same age demographic.

Essential Nonfiction Reading. One of the best nonfiction books I have ever read. Really informative and eye-opening. Helps me to see through a lot of the untruth and false narratives and ideas that are becoming very popular in our time.

Excellent Information on what is happening. This book does a great job describing the way young people are changing and what society has done to change them.

The Coddling of the American Mind. Amen! As an educator, I recognize and am astonished to encounter stifling anxiety and fear amongst an exponentially growing number of my students. My coworkers and myself need guidance. I began teaching in 2007 and have witnessed a sea change in the resiliency of our youth in such a short period of time. Your brilliant research confirms my hypotheses (and fellow educators struggling through this MESS every single day). Help us. Educate everyone. Please.

IMPORTANT BOOK FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. I think all 16-25 year olds should read this book

Hopefully this is the beginning…. …of the restoration of sanity in our world. These two gentlemen provide focus, clarity, understanding, and solutions about a very complex issue. An absolute must read for anyone trying to navigate today’s culture wars.

Required Reading. Or it should be, anyway. The authors make an extremely compelling case. This book is one of the very few I can honestly say noticeably changed my worldview. I wish every person in America would read it and at least be exposed to these ideas. Then, of course, they’re free to reject them if they like. A little viewpoint diversity never killed anyone.

Truth. A recommended read for every parent, student and teacher.

Great Book. What a fantastic read, especially if you don’t know (or don’t want to know) how bad things have gotten recently. The coddled people of the newest generation will be our colleagues, mentees, or even bosses some day, which fills me with at least some trepidation. We must understand the problems before we can solve them. This book will be seen as a seminal piece of work in sounding the alarm and providing some guidance for the future. I highly recommend this book, especially for employers, administrators, and academics.

Free speech for whom?. Ironically, this book calls for free speech while simultaneously downplaying public statements made by marginalized groups expressing their disenfranchisement. The idea that some topics may be too offensive for discussion is inverted—students and teachers who express experiences of oppression are suddenly deemed offensive. The true offense lies in the invalidation of historically-driven process of inequality that persist in the present.

Educate yourself!. A lot of this book explores ideas we all have in our minds, but can’t lay out in a coherent way backed by shocking evidence and the diverse experiences of Jon and Greg.

Interesting but arguments feel cherry-picked. Although the content is thought provoking, it often feels like catastrophizing and extreme examples are used to prove the writer’s thesis.

Misplaced application. I really wanted to like this book and for the most part I did. I fully agree with the 3 guidelines, I totally agree with idea to Western child are a bit too coddled and it hurts them in adulthood. However when the author gets into example applications he mostly goes for incidents on college campus that he generalizes, cherry picks and completely misunderstands what is happening. He also commits that same sin he is harping against by inferring intention of students or misrepresenting them by cherry picking the most outlandish examples. Sometimes he will even offer a good but brief counter opinion to his interpretation but never addresses it. By the end I became very disenchanted with the book as the author seems to be one of those people who people use a lot of intelligent words to just flamboyantly say “keep the status quo that I’m comfortable with.” This book could have greatly improved if he had applied this more like a therapist than an attack on current college culture. It’s not that current college culture doesn’t need some slight redressing his direction but he tried made a mountain out of molehill. Applying this more to personal struggles at work or with family like therapist would have been an amazing book.

Great book!. As someone who works in higher ed, I have seen what this book describes first hand. Must read for all university faculty and administration!

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