> What do you think is the most challenging aspect of parenting? Of course, it is to discover what your children are good at and help them to succeed in their vocations! Unfortunately, many parents think they know better what their children should do, how they should earn money etc. For example, if a parent always wanted to play a musical instrument or to be an actor and failed he/she often force his/her child to go to a musical school or to drama lessons though the child doesn't have neither talent nor desire for such activities. And these parents are completely convinced that they are right and have a full right to "force". They like to cover such deeds with a phrase "We didn't have such ability when we were children so we want at least our children to have it". Of course, it's good if a person who wasn't able to visit a music school himself/herself is now able to send his/her child their but that should be done only if the child has a vocation to music. And what if the child wants to be, for example, an engineer, wants to study mathematics and physics? It's a real challenge to parents who knows nothing of this to help their child to fulfill himself/herself!
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Date: 2016-04-07 07:26 am (UTC)Of course, it is to discover what your children are good at and help them to succeed in their vocations!
Unfortunately, many parents think they know better what their children should do, how they should earn money etc. For example, if a parent always wanted to play a musical instrument or to be an actor and failed he/she often force his/her child to go to a musical school or to drama lessons though the child doesn't have neither talent nor desire for such activities. And these parents are completely convinced that they are right and have a full right to "force". They like to cover such deeds with a phrase "We didn't have such ability when we were children so we want at least our children to have it". Of course, it's good if a person who wasn't able to visit a music school himself/herself is now able to send his/her child their but that should be done only if the child has a vocation to music. And what if the child wants to be, for example, an engineer, wants to study mathematics and physics? It's a real challenge to parents who knows nothing of this to help their child to fulfill himself/herself!