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Professor Jonathan Haidt's forthcoming co-authored book, "The Coddling of the American Mind," is spotlighted

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'When adult-supervised activities crowd out free play, children are less likely to develop the art of association,' Lukianoff and Haidt write, along with other social skills central to the making of good citizens capable of healthy compromise. Worse, the consequences of a generation unable or disinclined to engage with ideas and interlocutors that make them uncomfortable are dire for society, and open the door — accessible from both the left and the right — to various forms of authoritarianism."

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