I go to college, and I am old enough to be the mom of many of my classmates. Occasionally someone off campus will say, “isn’t it annoying to have to go to school with those kids; they think their lives are so stressful and they have no idea what real life is like…”

Uh, no?

Actually, I enjoy my classmates very much, they are some of my dearest friends. I don’t see their lives as particularly carefree.  A lot of life-altering decisions are made during young adult years; education, family, career, lifestyle, and location, location, location.

I am not denying that my life is stressful, I am just saying theirs is too. And yours. Comparing stress levels as greater or less than isn’t very compassionate. It’s better to lift up and support one another.

Happy helping!