Why Students Are Miserable: The Coddling of the American Mind

Many colleges no longer teach critical thinking. They teach censorship. And victimhood.

These ideas make students depressed and anxious.

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Before college, Kimi Katiti was full of confidence. But at the Art Institute of California, she learned she was a victim.

“I was introduced to microaggressions,” she explains. “This set of thought processes was really unhealthy and was making me miserable.”

Lucy Kross at Stanford was taught that Ben Shapiro’s ideas "put black, brown, trans, queer, and Muslim students at risk."

She found that embracing woke language made her more popular.

“When I started to use the vocabulary of like, marginalized, intersectional, hegemonic…People just kind of smiled a little bit more.”

Over time, she, and others, concluded that such ideas hurt her.

Our new video looks at their experience navigating campus indoctrination, and how they escaped it.

[AFloridaSon]

Living your life as a victim sounds miserable.

[davidhakadoober._-]

It will take a generation to heal from this poison.

[suasagala]

When resilience is removed, fragility floods in

[daemon.running]

Imagine being so left that you were afraid of a part of California because it was too right.

[kenfett]

As someone who has been working in a high school and coaching two high school varsity sports teams over the past 17 years, the stark difference between the kids from 2008 and today is astounding. I left the public school indoctrination factory in 2022 because that is what it has become and moved to a private Catholic girls' college prep school. Greatest move ever. These girls are the brightest, most genuine, caring, and spiritual people ever. They are not force fed what to believe. They are taught to think for themselves. They are taught to see both sides of every story. Get your kids out of public schools if you have the means, and you will be giving them the greatest gift ever, the ability to be happy and not look at themselves as a victim.

[JV-Yahowchanan]

Stop the federal guarantee of student loans. If colleges didn't get a guaranteed stream of revenue, they'd have to act like a business and their decisions would be subject to repercussions.

[DJT-dnut]

My wife is a teacher at a public school and brought home a 4 page document on "goal setting ideas" on topics such as:
Pronoun respect, Celebrating diverse holidays, Inclusive workgroups, etc.... not ONE mention of reading, math, science. GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

[roseyrosaryprincess]

As someone from Generation Z, it's really heartening to see this being discussed more. It's so easy to fall into the trap of self-pity and victimhood if that is what you're taught growing up, as I was. Thanking God that He saved me from that fate. I hope that more children can be spared from this sort of ideological brainwashing and that more young adults get the resources they need to turn to critical-thinking.

[chrisscoleri]

"Coddling" is too kind a word for what they are doing.

[kennethwers]

That make them unemployable. No business wants to hire a lawsuit.

[whoisgtsdk]

The technical psychiatric term for this is "learned helplessness." It is being used in order to make individuals reliant on institutions and give up their own individual potency.

[skylineXpert]

Victimhood keeps you stuck in the dirt, unable to move forward.

[voidandnon-]

I'm so happy we can finally have these conversations publicly.

[goldendiamon]

Ppl who use their trauma as excuse to be a horrible person to others also need to see this video

[johnbaligrodzki]

It’s not coddling, it’s brainwashing. Excellent and interesting reporting.

[karlostj]

"I started thinking for myself." This should be the lesson: You're the Only One who can think for You.

[musicallydisneyamvs]

I literally got an email from my college telling me about safe spaces & help to get through the election or inauguration. I rolled my eyes harder than I ever had before. Damn. So many people are pathetic.

[somechick]

When I was a kid we were told sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. It seems like we were build differently in the 80’s but we weren’t, we weren’t brainwashed. They’re setting these young people up for failure.

[dennisquigney]

Unfortunately, I don't think the people who need to see are going to see this.

[homeschoolmom]

And WHO is going to be held to account for what has been done? This is a disgrace and honestly abusive.