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For many young people, entering the workforce has become less about taking a first step and more about believing they must identify the perfect career before taking any step at all. As a result, they become stuck in what psychologists often refer to as the fight, flight, or freeze response.

As a school psychologist, I've found that many teens and young adults do care deeply about their future—but they don't always know how to show it. Others care so much that they become overwhelmed, avoid thinking about it altogether, or shut down whenever the topic comes up. Understanding the difference can change everything.

One of the biggest myths we tell young people is that they should discover their life's passion before they become adults. Developmental science tells us almost the opposite.

Now that high school is coming to an end for many kids, they'll have to decide what's next. College? Trade School? Gap Year? Military? Learn how to talk to and collaborate with your teen about their future