What I’ve Been Reading

Prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.

I highly recommend to start with Jonathan Haidt’s earlier books, his TED talk's and this Atlantic cover story which was the precursor to this book.  If someone doesn’t “get” the idea presented in this book then clearly this is book is for you or your kids (unless you are living like Captain America). Thank you both for writing this timely and much needed book.

The book revolves around these three Great Untruths:

• The Untruth of Fragility: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Weaker

• The Untruth of Emotional Reasoning: Always Trust Your Feelings

• The Untruth of Us Versus Them: Life Is a Battled Between Good People and Evil People