Should parents allow their children to choose their own careers OR Should parents play a role in deciding their child's future

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Should parents allow their children to choose their own careers

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Should parents play a role in deciding their child's future

• Young people are supposed to have a chance to make their own decisions and to live its consequences even if it means failure because life is not about passing or failing it’s about learning from our mistakes and try not to repeat them. After all we are humans and all humans make mistakes.
• I think it is important to encourage children to aspire towards whatever they would like to be and have a variety of different options to choose from. That way, they can end up getting a satisfactory job, if not a dream job.
• To have your kids be pleased with their job, whether it's park ranger, security guard, nurse, attorney, artist, teacher, police officer, or the president of his country., as long as they enjoy their job, then they will generally have happier, fuller lives. They won't have to complain about how their job is tiring, inflexible, or unstable. Instead, they will lead great lives, at least in the career arena, and this good mood resulting from a good job will most likely lead and positively affect other areas of their life. A parent's main goal is to make their kids feel happy and live a good life, right? Therefore, let the kid be what they want to be, if that makes him/her pleased, and don't interfere with it.  Parents should allow their kids to follow their own path and find the career that is right for them.
• On the other hand, if a parent does not allow a child to be what they aspire or dream of being, that can pressure the kid to please the parent, and end up getting a job they detests. If they try to butt in and change the way the kid does something they will end up with a career they do not actually like and will end up quitting or never getting anywhere with it.  A parent may think that they should choose their children's career, but that will only lead to the child being unhappy, possibly for their entire lives in a career that they did not choose, and did not want.
• Many people do not enjoy life as much when they dislike their job, and sometimes this can turn into depression. No matter how prestigious or stable a job can seem to a parent, it may not appeal to the kid, who might later despair over ending up in the wrong job (because of their parents) and not being able to easily get out to pursue their dream career. Stable job does not equal happy job. Prestigious job does not equal happy job. What your child chooses and would like to pursue equals is the solution to a long, enjoyable career.
• A child knows best what they would like to do with their lives, and what career interests them the most.

• Yes....Liberty should be

• Every parent’s dream a good future for their child....But doctors and engineers are not the end of life.... In order to fulfil the dreams… Parent should allow their child to choose career of his/her interest..... Life is given once.... So enjoy it… Don't make it a burden on yourselves...We should try everything in our life… Parents should never decide their child's career path. Children need direction, that is our job as parents...Not to dictate but direct.
• Parents often tend to want their children to be like them or not do something because they never had a chance to. It's not the parent's life, it's the child's. The child has to learn to make decisions of their own in life and then deal with the consequences. Parents need to let go a little bit and let their kids live their lives. If they're happy with what they decide for their future, then that's all that matters.

• You will not be there for their whole life

• Seriously, you can't plan their whole life for them. By doing so, you are practically ruining - their life. What if you are not there for them anymore? None of us can live forever. You have to let them make their own decisions so they can be independent when they are older.  It is a kids choice of what they want to do in their life, children often do bad things such as underage drinking and illegal drugs because they have had no freedom and have never had a good time in their life. These kids had no childhood and are trying to live it in the future when different things are used to have fun with.

• A child has his own decisions and is free to decide

• Parents need to be understanding instead of ordering, they need to have patience instead of overconfidence, they should not play a decisive role but an active and supportive role. They need to hatch the egg instead of smashing it.
• They should not compare their child with others as their child is theirs and others have their own.
• We respect their emotions but can't be an emotion in ourselves...

It is very important for the children to be calm and understand their parents concern for them after all please don’t forget they want the best for you:

Children should respectfully make it necessary to show their parents all modern career prospects, when you are only going to start your higher education and make them understand without any heated discussions.  If at that moment things don’t seem to work out, wait a while and then approach them again in a calm and loving manner. Very often parents influence their kid’s choice and try to change their minds.  However, explain to them that it is not so easy to be objective for them as the career market has changed greatly.

I am sure they will definitely understand you as their children’s happiness is their main objective and dream to see them well settled in life.

Parsan Narang

29th April 2016