Children are told they are not safe even when they are safe, which teaches them that nothing seems safe—explaining why campus students say 'I don't feel safe' as a blanket term for anything they dislike.

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Speaker

Lenore Skenazy

Evidence Quote

if you're always being told that you're not safe when you are safe, nothing seems safe...that's why we hear the word I don't feel safe on campus

Source

The Coddling of the American Mind moderated by Malcolm GladwellThe 92nd Street Y, New York
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:13:07 AM

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