Parents Partly to Blame for Children’s Lack of Resilience, Jordan Peterson Explains

One of the reasons behind the “snowflake generation” has been attributed to helicopter parents—parents who are highly involved in many aspects of their children’s lives—but Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson said this phenomenon has much deeper roots. The term “snowflake,” first coined by the movie Fight Club, is used to describe a person who is overly sensitive, entitled, not resilient, and intolerant towards dissenting ideas. Millennials and Gen Z are often referred to by the older cohorts as the “snowflake generation.” Many hypotheses have been offered to explain why the young generation lacks resilience. Some argue that technological development has provided an escape from real-life problems; that economic development has allowed people to indulge in such a high level of physical comfort it diminishes their coping mechanisms; or that it has been caused by a breakdown of traditional moral codes and the replacement of post-modern values....