“Do you want my advice?” I ask my 26-year-old son, and he shoots me a slit-eyed glance, then shrugs, a sure sign that my words will float past him, then evaporate into the ether.

This week, Loren Lieberthal writes that the wisdom we have cultivated as we age doesn’t necessarily resonate with the younger generations. But he understands why they crave their own experience:

“I didn’t tell her to ‘follow her dreams’ or ‘live life to the fullest.’ That essential…