Convincing kids to take up a certain career

[Bobby1]

Re: Convincing kids to take up a certain career

@Chicken_Biryani

Queer , I disagree with letting them be coz they chose it . Purely because , a parent must not give up on their kids that soon . Of that is how i feel . in the end if the kid isnt doing very well in life , it hurts the parent equally or more then what the kid might themself be going through in life .

Bobby , I agree with this approach . Skillfully turning their attention to something more agreeable is what I am after . Can you share some ideas of how we can do it ?

I always advise in such situations that the kid be given opportunities to shadow some close ones in their profession . Or let them shadow a key person in the field that the kid wants . Then let them do the same in several other career and then have a chat wtih them and discuss what they think .

It really is an absolute fact that you are an average of 4 people closest to you so make sure they are surrounded by motivated engaged and skilled kids. Kids like to do things they are good at. If you want them to be in the engineering profession then involve them in those kinds of activities from very early years, buy them tools, involve them in fixing things, show them videos, take them to science fares, show them the car engine etc.

My youngest says he wants to be a physiotherapist because both junior coaches Nicole n Casey want to be physiotherapists and he has been to physiotherapists before. Environmental factors play a huge role in life and the biggest thing is if he is going to have good company.

My eldest is in engineering because he got influenced by our gold medalist athlete Ben and Ben is studying engineering. Also Canadian Olympian Canoeist is an engineer.

Please put him in sports that is the best decision of my life they learn the relationship between effort and results.