"As I was getting up to leave, Great Papaw stood up and walked over to me, leaning down low. He pulled from his pocket two Werther’s and a butterscotch. “Here, Baby, take some candy home with you,” he said, pressing them into my palm with his wrinkled fingers. It’s his trademark: he gives candy to everyone, the clerk at the grocery store, the family at Thanksgiving, random strangers."

Bradford Goodridge is a school counselor who has a advanced foundation on how to connect with students.