According to psychologist Meg Jay our minds tend to think about our future selves similarly to how we think about complete strangers Why It rsquo s probably due to what rsquo s sometimes called the ldquo empathy gap rdquo It can be hard to empathize and care for people we don rsquo t know personally mdash even future versions of ourselves So in her work Jay tries to help young people imagine their future selves and take steps to care for them This includes working out actionable plans for who they will one day be mdash paving the way for [... more]

Is it inevitable that my teen will walk away from the faith once they hit college Glenn Stanton director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family says no way He points out that organizations like Cru and the Navigators continue to thrive on the college campus and thousands of students are growing in their faith despite sitting under the teaching of secular professors Stanton reminds parents of the incredible influence they have in their young adult's life and he tells how modeling a sincere and growing faith can have a tremendous effect on their son or daughter's [... more]