Failure is a ubiquitous part of every life, but in high school, the threat of failure takes on a special weight. As Emma Longhurst puts it, Sometimes, the consequences aren’t as big a deal. We bombed a small task, and the outcome certainly left something to be desired, but it didn’t really mean...

In the following article, Kayla Pinzur tackles the cycle of dishonesty that begins with parents: When lies are commonplace, trust diminishes, and if a child never learns to trust and only learns to lie, he or she may be destined to an adulthood filled with deception (especially when placed in positio...