Parents need to help children follow their passion
Most parents without realising it and with the best of intentions, get children to follow the path they themselves are most familiar with. Maybe that’s going to college and university then getting a job to become an accountant, lawyer or teacher. But the thing is most of those parents are now in jobs they don’t love and it’s hurting their health and wellbeing.
At the rate of change we are living in today, where automation, AI and Robots are growing in their capacity to take care of routine jobs like service in restaurants, checkouts, airports as well as automated kiosks for check-ins, jobs are disappearing.
Our education system is outdated, designed to create routine workers who come out following a system that may or may not recognise their skills with the intent that they obediently work for someone else in structures they had no say in and working hours they didn’t set.
But with these same changes, we also have more opportunities to find and follow the work that lights us up, and lights the way for others. We can learn from anyone, anytime, anywhere if we have a mobile device and an internet connection. We can share products and services directly with those who may need them. The opportunities are endless.
The greatest minds didn’t follow the conventional path. They followed their own path. Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Walt Disney, their path was not laid out for them, they followed their passion and created it.
It takes courage.
It takes the right mindset.
And unshakeable resilience.
When we can help children to develop each of these they feel safe to be who they are and trust themselves.
They focus less on spending their lives getting their needs met and more on spending their lives discovering their passion and sharing it with others.
They help create positive change.
And if we don’t help them they will become another adult dragging themselves to work they don’t love, living a life that’s unmotivating, unfulfilling and filled with poor physical, mental and emotional health as a result.
It’s our job as parents to use our integrity to bring awareness of what we bring to the table of parenting, not just what we are saying but with what we are doing.
We don’t need to be perfect, we just need to develop the skills to ensure our children cultivate the right mindset, courage and resilience to be who they are, so they don’t end up leading unfulfilled lives full of regret.
And that they develop the self-trust to become who it is they want to be.
That’s what I stand for.
My mission is to help a parent create this environment where children become adults that thrive and that explore their passion and want to create positive change. And we do this with mindset tools, family strategies and unique communication skills tailored to your child so that everyone thrives!