Been reading lately about how more college students are pushing for trigger warnings when potentially traumatic topics are discussed.

This article ("In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas") talked about the flip side of that effort:

<< In an interview, Mr. Shapiro said, “If the point of a safe space is therapy for people who feel victimized by traumatization, that sounds like a great mission.” But a safe-space mentality has begun infiltrating classrooms, he said, making both professors and students loath to say anything that might hurt someone’s feelings. “I don’t see how you can have a therapeutic space that’s also an intellectual space,” he said. >>

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/22/opinion/sunday/judith-shulevitz-hiding-from-scary-ideas.html

I thought that was really interesting. It got me thinking a lot about how this feels like an outgrowth of modern parenting... we protect our kids from so much these days, that it makes sense that they aren't prepared for potentially traumatic and triggering ideas in college.

What do you think: should college be a safe space? Should teachers put trigger warnings on potentially traumatic topics?