Psychology Today | 23.04.2026 06:56
Every summer, parents watch a child drive off to college and whisper some version of the same prayer. Please make wise choices. Please stay safe. Please be good. We hope our children will choose well, and we know, though we rarely say it out loud, that wise choices require more than a rulebook. They require a mind that can confront difficulty without running from it, consciously take on other perspectives, feel the weight of a deeply held value, and then act on that value.
