Should parents choose their children's careers?

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Choosing a career is a critical and crucial decision for many people. They struggle to determine whether the choice they make is going to hurt or help their future. Additionally, parents tend to intervene with the decision process and do whatever it takes for their child to take the “ideal” career path. With both the parent and the child trying to choose one future, who should be the one to make the final decision?.

It’s the nature of parents to want the best for their children. They want to give the best clothes, the most nutritional food and what is the most important is the best education for their children. However, it is a little bit more complicated when it comes to decide what is best for their children’s education. It is very difficult to decide for the children’s education path especially when they are entering college or university, because at this age most children have not discovered their true identity and interest yet..

A lot of students nowadays do not have any satisfactory answer when they were asked why they chose a particular course or subject in university. Most of them will probably answer because it is what their parents tell them to learn and this situation is really a concern that people need to put their thought into..

University students should know why they want to take a particular course in order for them to have a clear life goal and ardour to achieve it. They should not hide behind their parents shadow and just blindly follow what their parents think they should do. It is vital for parents not to make final decision for their children’s field of studies due to the generation gap, dissimilar passion and also higher probability of inaccurate judgement..

In this video presentation, we will showcase our thoughts on whether should parents choose their children’s careers by stating facts , Data to support our claim and also including experience by professionals and celebrities..

Before stating our opinion we would like to look at the other side and explain why parents choose their children’s careers and then we will try our best to clearly explain why we are against it..

Why parents should choose their children’s careers.

Why parents should choose their children’s careers.

Why parents should choose their children’s careers.

Why children should choose their own career. However, although parents seem to know everything that will lead to a successful future, the opposite may be true. Children know themselves better than anyone else, including their parents. By choosing their own career paths, children are setting themselves up for a future that they are interested in. Instead of living a monotonous life, they will be enjoying whatever career they choose based on their interests. Furthermore, children have the right to choose what they want to achieve in the future. Every child has their dream career, and it is up to them if they want to follow their career dreams..

Why children should choose their own career. Right to choose – Every child has the right to choose their career, and they have the right to live their dreams. Knows himself/herself better – A child can only know his or her interests and abilities better than anyone else. They know their subjects and areas of interest and thus, can decide his or her career path quickly..

Why children should choose their own career. Interesting – If children choose a career according to the wishes of their parents, they will have a boring academic life as they would face a lack of interest. College life is the best phase of a student's life. To enjoy this phase and make it more interesting, a child should choose his/her career path. Facing pressure – If you follow a career path chosen by your parents and which is not of your interest, you will have to meet a lot of challenges and pressure. To avoid such situations, choose a career which interests you the most.

Why children should choose their own career. Not their career Parents should not forget that it is not their own career but their children’s. A child should have the freedom to choose according to his or her dream and passion. Parents can suggest but not decide or force to pursue a specific career. Of course, the children should be mature enough to have a say regarding their career. Different world The world has changed a lot since our parents’ conceptions on suitable careers were formed. Today, there are people tipping thousands of dollars on live-streams to support someone’s woodwork hobby. There are people willing to sponsor a writer on Patreon so that he can continue making videos on the etymology of names of characters from a 20-year-old anime. For parents to neither try to learn more about such developments nor leave decision-making to those well abreast is to be complacent in ignorance and insularity. Neel Sinha, Class X, Garden High School, Calcutta.

And to prove our point further we will provide real life experience from people around the world and advice from doctors and professionals regarding ,who should choose the career? the child or the parents or both?.

Local comedian and actor, Michael Sengazi, was obliged by his parents to pursue a career in law, a path he followed when he joined University of Kigali, but deep down he knew this wasn’t his dream career. This is why after graduating he chose to follow his passion —comedy. His parents failed to understand how a qualified lawyer could decide to go for comedy because they didn’t see it as a ‘well-paying job’. He had a challenge of convincing them to bless his journey. “So, I asked them to give me one year to try and see if comedy would work out for me. I worked hard and my parents realised that I could achieve big things, and they gave me the freedom to pursue the career.” Sengazi’s experience brings this case to the forefront. The comedian emphasises that parents ought to understand their children and recognise that they are individuals with personal dreams. “ There are times when parents do not really understand a child’s career perspective. But children have dreams and parents should give them this freedom of choice if they are to become self-reliant ,” he says..

Bienvenue Muragwa, a career consultant at The Southern New Hampshire University based in Rwanda, says that parents are only allowed to guide the child during the career guidance process, but not take the final decision. “Parents are not allowed to choose or take the final decision for their children as the performance of the student is the assessing parameter of the career to be pursued,” he explains..

Children should be independent Shalom Azabe, a graduate in general counselling at Kampala Christian University, says in most African countries, not only Rwanda, children are overly dependent on their parents, yet this shouldn’t be the case. She recommends picking a leaf from westerners who endeavour to learn their children’s interests, something she says aides them in career guidance for the child. “Normally, a child starts to demonstrate a choice in career at 14 years of age. This is when parents need to sit down and make analysis that would help them guide their child in choosing the fitting option to undertake,” she says. “This is in fact considered as over-protection as parents want to exercise their authority on their kids unwillingly, yet this affects them psychologically, and when the kid later on fails, they encounter a regret of pursuing studies that were not their choice in the first place,” Azabe adds..

Eugene Fixer Ngoga, the director of the career guidance unit at Rwanda Education Board (REB), says parents shouldn’t impose unreasonable restrictions for the child to choose a certain career. “It should be a mutual effort guided by a complete evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, ability and willingness of the child with the scope of option proposed in future. Only then can such a decision be made as it proves to be correct for the individual, parents and the nation at large. We work with schools’ parent boards and we train them on the reactions towards their children’s careers, which is an on-going campaign,” Ngoga says..

Celebrities who chose to go against their parents career choice.

Jennifer Lawrence. The 26-year-old star of The Hunger Games series is one of the richest actresses in the world, and is regarded to be one of the most influential people on the planet. It’s a testimony to Jennifer ’s desire and hunger to reach the top, which she’s managed to do despite her mom wanting her to go down a different route. In fact, both her parents were dead set against her going into acting. Part of the reason was because she was from Kentucky – not really a place that’s renowned for churning out high-profile actors and actresses. But when she announced, at the age of 14, that she wanted to pursue acting and move to New York to try and make her dream happen, her decision was met with resistance. So, Jennifer saved up her own cash and went on her own accord. Even then, her mom would still say that she wished Jennifer would fail, so she could leave New York and come back home, but that never happened..

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Dwayne Johnson. Anything Dwayne Johnson tries his hand at, he makes a success. Actually, scrap that, because saying he’s made a success of things would be the understatement of the century. He has climbed to the top of two industries: he’s regarded to be one of – if not the – greatest wrestler of all time, and is currently killing it in Hollywood as one of the best and highest paid, most in-demand actors around. It was his wrestling, though, that propelled him into the limelight. But before he even stepped in the ring and followed in his dad’s – Rocky Johnson – footsteps, he was trying to make a go of things as a football player. That didn’t really go according to plan, so he shifted his focus to becoming a pro wrestler. His dad, at that point, was already a prominent name in the wrestling industry. Rocky knew what wrestling entailed, the grueling schedule, the training, endless time spent on the road, and so perhaps that’s why he wanted Dwayne to steer clear from wrestling. He disapproved of his son wanting to step into the ring, but eventually gave in and trained him, and actually wrestled side by side with his son a few times too. The power of persuasion, Dwayne has that too, and if he didn’t persuade his dad, he may not be where he is today!.

Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is regarded to be a hugely influential singer, actress, and businesswoman. JLo’s an inspiration to millions of people, and has a huge following, particularly in the Hispanic community, because hers is certainly an inspirational story. She has helped to tear down racial barriers, which is pretty good going considering the fact that she's Latino was one of the major reasons her parents disapproved of her getting into the entertainment industry. They just thought that racial prejudices would hold her back, and that no Latinos had gone in that direction and had made a success of things. They thought the idea of her becoming a movie star was ridiculous, and tried to dissuade her from pursuing acting further. Her parents actually sparked her interest in becoming an actress. They encouraged her and her friends to act and perform for them in an effort to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. Little did they realize that she’d take to acting and performing seriously as a result of those performances and make it her career. She went to college to get an education, which is what her parents wanted, but left after a couple of months, went against her parent’s wishes, and embarked on a journey to movie and music stardom..

Conclusion. As parents, it’s important to understand how your decisions affect not only you and your child but also the rest of society. Research has shown that when children are given a choice in their career path at an early age, they have higher levels of self-esteem, better social skills and less anxiety than those who were told what to do as kids. But this doesn’t mean that all children should be allowed to choose any profession without guidance from adults! The key is for parents to discuss with their children about different professions while providing them opportunities so they can explore which one best suits their interests..

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