The Most Important Question to Ask Your Teen

Three years ago, when my eldest was a junior, I fretted over SAT prep, financial aid, and the best manner to get university coaches to view his baseball video. But I have different concerns with my second born.

I pop my head into my son’s room to say goodnight and am not surprised to discover him in the same position I find him almost every weeknight: propped up in bed, laptop open, books strewn haphazardly across the floor, 35 cards littering the down comforter. Often he engages in an hour o...