A few good quotes from this book,
Many university students are learning to think in distorted ways, and this increases their likelihood of becoming fragile, anxious, or easily hurt.
A culture that allows the concept of “safety” to creep so far that it equates emotional discomfort with physical danger is a culture that encourages people to systematically protect one another from the very experiences embedded in daily life that they need to become strong and healthy.
By encouraging students to interpret the actions of others in the least generous way possible, schools that teach students about microaggressions may be encouraging students to engage in emotional reasoning and other distortions while setting themselves up for higher levels of distrust and conflict.
If we want to create welcoming, inclusive communities, we should be doing everything we can to turn down the tribalism and turn up the sense of common humanity.
Children deprived of free play are likely to be less competent–physically and socially–as adults. They are likely to be less tolerant of risk, and more prone to anxiety disorders.