Fragile

What do the young adults in this article have in common with the eggs in this photo? Right, they're fragile. Eggs should break easily, but not college students.

The psychologist who wrote the article says "emergency calls to Counseling [have] more than doubled over the past five years. Students are increasingly seeking help for, and apparently having emotional crises over, problems of everyday life."

Professors are "afraid to give low grades for poor performance, because of the subsequent emotional crises they would have to deal with in their offices."

These young adults have learned to be very alert to their feelings, but have not learned how to manage them while they solve ordinary life problems. 

"So now, here’s what we have: Young people,18 years and older, going to college still unable or unwilling to take responsibility for themselves, still feeling that if a problem arises they need an adult to solve it."