Brain-Fix Education

It’s not your decision to make!

I’ve come to understand majorly in this part of the world, parents decide or choose career pathways for their ward/children. Often times, this is as a result of personal gains or interest.

Today in our societies, we have too many unfulfilled, unhappy and people walking in the shadows of their parents( ie… children whose parents has successfully made to fulfill an ambition, career or dream they couldn’t accomplish). Research have it in a 2021 study published in Developmental Psychology, that around 23% of children suffer this dis- functional lifestylel, just imagine what percentage it is now?

As a graduate of Educational Technology and happy with my career path, it’s how I once didn’t enjoy and want to practice the course I started off into the university. Back then as an undergraduate, and even now, when you hear what some children or student’s remark on their course of study or experience in school, you wonder if parents truly listen to their children or take out time to understand their children and their strength.

Comparisons won’t put your ward at their peak or bring out the best from them. With twins, there’s no certainty of them doing or having interest on similar things. Let this be a wake up call to parents, caregivers/guidance to allow flexibility and let their wards take up the decision of making the choice of their career paths. It’s true some wards can want to go rogue, but in instances as this, your place is to bring guidance and support, fully knowing it's your ward who will go doing all the studying, taking the assessments and expected to produce good grades, and it’s best they made this important decision by themselves.

Take out time to apply the pointers below:

 Be a guide and not control.
 Teach and not force.
 Build and not break.

The support you give your wards go a long way in shaping their future and the society at large.

PS: my sign out day from the university, which happened to be my happiest day because it’s been a long time coming.