Today’s young adults are emotionally fragile, socially delayed, and incapable of functioning without their parents holding their hands. But this crisis didn’t start with COVID lockdowns, TikTok addiction, or the rise of AI. For decades, America’s public school system has undermined maturity while training kids to be compliant and dependent on institutional authority. In the first installment of “The Poisoning of the American Mind,” I explore how we’ve abdicated our responsibility to raise capable adults. The worst part is, the system isn’t failing. It’s doing exactly what it was built to do.