The difficulty, according to iGen’ers, is that it’s harder to protect your mind than your body. “I believe nobody can guarantee emotional safety. You can always take precautions for someone hurting you physically, but you cannot really help but listen when someone is talking to you,” said Aiden, 19. This is a fascinating, perhaps distinctively iGen idea: the world is an inherently dangerous place because every social interaction carries the risk of being hurt. You never know what someone is going to say, and there’s no way to protect yourself from it.
