The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In 2015 the LEAP study settled a question that had been hurting children for two decades. Researchers took 640 infants at high risk of peanut allergy; half the parents were told to follow standard advice and avoid all peanut exposure, half to feed their babies a peanut snack three times a week. At age five, 17% of the protected children had a peanut allergy. Among the deliberately exposed, 3%. The protection had helped cause the disease.

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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure