The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

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Anxious College Students are Eating Alone in Their Rooms

Anxious College Students are Eating Alone in Their Rooms

Here's a potential solution

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Seems that today’s college students are so lonely, sad, and anxious that they grab their dining hall food to go—preferring to eat in their rooms.

Time spent in dining halls is down 40 percent. Attendance at sporting events, clubs, and even dorm meetings is down too, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Journal quotes one residential adviser who said seve…

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Lenore Skenazy
President and co-founder of Let Grow (LetGrow.org), the nonprofit promoting childhood independence. Founder of the Free-Range Kids movement. For more info, Google "America's Worst Mom." Really
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