Marellus, N.Y. — Not being good enough. These are the words that high school sophomore Ava Morey Farley wrote on a rock with a Sharpie to represent what’s holding her back. “I have abandonment issues.

When we were in school, we both struggled immensely with one subject. Alright, two, if you count Home Economics, though that one was clearly on our mother. "But Mom, all the other kids have E.Z. Bake ...