Should Parents Choose Your Children's Career?

“Our parents can show us a lot of things: they can show us how we are to be and what things we ought to strive for, or they can show us how not to be and what things we ought to stray from, then you may have the kind of parents that show you all the things about you that you want to get rid of and you realize those traits aren't yours at all but are merely your parents' marks that have rubbed off onto you.” ― C. JoyBell C. Why would you want to choose my career? Am I not my own person? Can I not make my own decision? Can I not live and choose my own life? Some parents feel like they should choose their Children’s lifestyles and careers in the future because they gave birth to them and gave them an education. Parents want their children to
From the research, career excellence deals with not being efficient in ones’ work, not being qualified, and slacking off. Not being efficient in work deals with identifying property, adopting a good attitude, and building essential skills. Not being qualified brings lack of enthusiasm, poor personal appearance, lack of interpersonal skills, and failure to sell oneself. When someone starts slacking off, they become lazy and depressed and that will lead to getting fired. Career excellence can be pursued through actions of integrity, meeting all obligations and continually learning and improving in all spheres to excel in one’s career. However, when a path is chosen beforehand by parents, the will to remain efficient and excel in the career becomes nonexistent. Without identifying priorities, there’s no reason to achieve anything or push oneself to become something greater. Not doing something with passion or interest makes it less likely to have a positive attitude while pursuing a career that’s not for them. In some cases, they may even become a shell of a person doing the same routine repeatedly, going to work every day to pay the bills, put food on the table, and please their parents. People often look for skills that go beyond qualifications and experience. While education and experience may make a person eligible to apply for a job, to be successful in the role,
Parents would want their child in a particular job that pays well but it won’t make the child happy. Your hobby, interest, and passion comes under personal happiness. When finding your interest, you find yourself, hobby, personality, and passion. What drives you, your personality, interest, and what you’re willing to suffer for determines your passion. When choosing a job, people must look for something that catches their interest, makes them happy, drive them, something they have a passion to do, etc. Their job must be a part of them, they must feel extremely happy to go to work and do what they love. Here's the real truth about getting what you want out of life: YOU are given permission to have everything we want by the simple, profound fact that you are here. Our existence is all the justification we need. --Rachael Yahne Yes, children are here but they also have more to bring than themselves. They have hidden talents that they never get to embrace. Never let your circumstances hold you back from your dreams, make the best decision for yourself and your happiness. -- Anurag Prakash Ray Do yourself a favor and do whatever it takes to get yourself where you want in life, there will be no one else to do it for