It’s tempting to ask your kids obvious questions about their future, like “What are your career plans?” and “What do you want to major in?” But how often do those conversations produce clarity?

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My oldest kid will graduate high school in roughly fifteen months, and I’m already fielding questions about his future plans on a daily basis. If he’s feeling anxious at this point, he’s doing a good ...

Oftentimes, emerging adults are given generic advice about their future, something like:

• Do what makes you happy

• You can be whatever you want
• If you find your passion, you never work a day in...

Like most teenagers, I didn’t know what I wanted to do (or be) when I was older. So, I picked some low-hanging fruit and went with a version of what I thought I should want, with an assumption that it...

Summer is a season that often tempts us to switch off and simply go through the motions, but it presents a valuable opportunity for intentional growth and reflection. In a recent Wall Street Journal a...

As parents of teenagers, we often find ourselves caught up in the whirlwind of everyday life, barely taking a moment to pause and appreciate the milestones our children achieve. Last Friday, we had th...

Loss is an inevitable part of life. Sometimes it comes in the form of acute pain—like the loss of a loved one, a natural disaster, or an accident. Other times it can come through losing something you ...

There are generally two approaches to helping kids figure out their path in life:

1. The put your head down and be responsible approach: this is where we share wisdom with kids to stay focused and ded...

Nothing matters more to me in life than who my kids become when they grow up. Not my golf game, business success, or lawn health (and those are my big three!). My utmost ambition is who they become, w...

Subject: How do you help a kid plan for their future?

Our oldest kid, our son, who’s now a sophomore in high school, has passed that inevitable threshold where the topic of his future is coming up...