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You can't really! Help your child to grow up to be a responsible citizen and let them decide for themselves when the time comes. This is the kind of faith a good parent should show in their child's decisions.

2007-01-23 20:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 7 · 1 0

Every parent and educators believe they are preparing kids for the real world,but since the real world keeps changing every time that passes by, it is obvious that teaching and parenting must keep pace and respond to new demands.Hence there is actually no way that parents can accurately determine the career of their child from childhood.
Having said above , I agree to an extent that parental pressure and support can keep a child on track.

2007-01-24 05:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by Ashi 2 · 0 0

The only thing you can do in childhood to prepare them for a career is to give them a solid general education with lots of reading. Reading helps them understand concepts, vocabulary, knnowledge and exposes them to areas of interest that they can later narrow down and focus into a career. I think that most children need to especially read and make sure they really understand and are proficient in math and science. This opens up a lot of opportunities for careers. Generally most, but not all, children do not work hard enough. I have tutored children from other countries and they go above and beyond what is asked of them in class so ensure their future. This is instilled by their parents and expected of them. I buy my granson a book a month to expose him to different fields and ideas so that hopefully one will spark his interest into further study.

2007-01-24 18:09:18 · answer #3 · answered by StarGalactica 2 · 0 0

They should look at the child's natural interestes and talents, and the go from there. HOWEVER< a parent should NEVER decide what their child should do for a living, or force the child into a career, program, etc. My father decided that I was going to be a lawyer or he wasn't going to pay for my college.....

I am a teacher, and I had to put myself through school. He thought that being a lawyer would be the best thing for me, financially and intellectually....He had good intentions, but he should have let me make my own decision. Unless your kid wants to be a hooker, let them have their own dreams!

2007-01-24 10:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by country_girl 6 · 0 0

In my view they can approximately determine, but if u have the same thing in the mind and u will automatically try to force ur children to go in the same path. They will loose manythings. They cant make up their own decisions, Always they go at the back of some one. So this is really bad. One thing Parents can do is they can guide, but they shouldn force.
What ever the children take either good or bad, they should get the capability to face those. So its better to leave the future of the children to themselves.

2007-01-26 12:41:25 · answer #5 · answered by Sudha P 2 · 0 0

I understand how often parents become tensed thinking about their child's career and his/her life. But everyone's born with a purpose and he/she will find that pupose no matter what. I feel in choosing a person's career two factors are significant. 1)Which field bring success for the person(success in terms of appreciation, wealth, position, recognition, affection etc) and how seriously he/she takes that success? There are many who switch to other careers even in their ripe age(Colonel Sanders-Army personnel to Kentucky chain owner, Ray Croc-Marketing salesman to MacDonald chain owner etc). What you can do is help 'him think right' rather than 'thinking right' for him. Make him feel intersted in variety of activites. Help him make a wise decision at oppotune time from options available. Expose him/her to pros and cons of every profession. Idealy, any profession that requires his constant thinking and its application and one which works for benefit of greater part of mankind should never fail!

2007-01-24 21:19:50 · answer #6 · answered by Mau 3 · 0 0

What should parents do? Provide infomation about what the child wants when the child wants it. Like anything, the best decision about something is an informed decision. The more INFORMation the more INFORMed one can be.

2007-01-24 06:04:31 · answer #7 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1 0

I was 22 and 4 years into a uni degree before i worked out what i wanted to do and most of my friends are still at a loss as to what they want to do so good luck working it out for your child !

2007-01-24 04:56:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

encourage whatever the child chooses...expose child to lots of different people and opportunities...one child I know has ranged from ice skater to weather girl to teacher to landscape designer to accountant to cpa to lawyer to tax lawyer(this may be the final destination)

2007-01-24 06:53:54 · answer #9 · answered by Library Eyes 6 · 0 0

I don't understand why parents would want to do that. Also, I don't think they can anyway. Most children would never comply with such strict grooming.

2007-01-24 04:32:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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