While I think it's true we overprotect our kids, this article just goes off the rails with crazy after the first few reasonable paragraphs. As part of it's "proof" that the kids these days are down with authoritarianism, we get:

    Since 2000, at least 240 campaigns have been launched
    at universities to prevent appearances by public 
    figures, most of which have occurred since 2009.

So, when student bodies launch protests against authority figures at their campuses, that's authoritarianism. It seems he's confusing "authoritarianism" with "things I disagree with."