Reflections about "The Coddling of the American Mind" Movie - An Anxious Generation Searches for Happiness
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I was just listening to a Jonathan Haidt lecture yesterday, I had no idea they were making a movie. I’ve read both Coddling and Canceling of the American Mind and welcome this. Could this be a movie we can show our kids, a way through? Any detransitioners featured? From the trailer it looks like it might be approachable. I’m hopeful but I will watch first and decide.