5 THINGS TO TALK TO YOUR TEENAGER ABOUT

OK so let’s start with the obvious. Of course our job as parents is to guide our children in determining their career path. Today more so than ever our children need our guidance when it comes to their studies or their career goals. In the world invaded by social media and with a plethora of choices sometimes children get confused as to what career path to pursue.

We can share our experiences with them or if unsure ourselves we can take them for professional guidance. It gets very tempting to dump our expectations on the child but there are enough articles out there telling you that that’s not the right way! We need to identify our child’s strengths and her preferences while advising, after all we do want her to be happy in her work, don’t we ?

If you are a parent  like me who gets involved in her child’s studies only when the exams are round the corner ; just a little tip, it does not work that way. We need to be involved at all times, of course that does not mean helicopter parenting but to ask a casual question about school/college over the weekend, grouse about the teachers or complain about the education system in general helps, so that when the right time comes the child has a ready listener and guide in you.  Read More..