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Parental Projection

Is It Your Passion or Your Teen's?

By Barbara McRae, MCC

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? Rather than being supportive, this mom let her own preferences get in the way as Casey began to realize her real passion was ice skating, not attending Harvard.

 
3. Where do you want to do it?
Where you work – your work environment – is just as important as what you will be doing. Most people are dissatisfied or mismatched in their jobs; don't let your teen become one of them. Plenty of people are stuck in an office when they'd rather be outdoors. Or they work in a big corporate environment when they'd really shine in a smaller company. A case in point is a pre-law student who discovered that law is the right career path for her, if she works in a corporate environment, not in private practice with a small law firm.
 
4. What are the challenges that lie ahead?
Often kids have no idea what will be required of them to reach their career goals. We must help them do their due diligence upfront. For example, a teen who wasn't even keen on attending college didn't know that to become a successful criminologist he would have to obtain a bachelor's degree and that most go on to get a master's degree in behavioral science. Luckily, he found out in advance and switched to another, more suitable path. Don't wait until your teen is in college to find out he's studying the wrong field. The trial-and-error method is expensive and deflating.
 

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