INFLUENCING YOUR CHILD'S DECISION IN HIS CHOICE OF CAREER IS NOT WORTH IT BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA
" Dear child, our first born studied medicine, the second born studied law, therefore you have to study banking and finance so that our family may not be lacking in any area. "
I have seen one or two persons who are not doing well in their course of study because their parents chose for them against their will.
A girl who is supposed to be doing excellently in Art class suddenly finds herself in science class where she can't cope. The parents want their child to study medicine so that she can make them proud. The girl would have love to study law but because of her parents, she decides to honour them by succumbing to them. Such child can never find joy in that career because it wasn't her idea or choice,it was her parent's wish she honoured.
It is a great delusion to think that your child can only flourish if he is in that field you cherish so much. As a believer, there is no field we find ourselves that we won't thrive so far we are at the centre of the will of God.
Thank God you wanted to be an Engineer but you couldn't become it, please don't force that child against his capacity and will to go and study Engineering.
What if all your children turned barristers? Is there any crime in it? The crucial point is, are they doing what God wants them to do?
From childhood, discover your child's capacity and know the subject he finds joy doing. Encourage him but do not force him against his wish.
Since you have trained and nurtured your children in the way of the Lord, please trust God to lead them in the right path. God is faithful.
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