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Parents… A 14 Step Guide For Preparing Your Children For The Real World

Guest post by: Roger Ingbretsen

Article Overview: While parents cannot necessarily directly steer their children to the right career, they play a very important, if not “critical” role, in developing the personal qualities, attitude and mind-set, which will be of great importance no matter what career their children choose. This article provides 14 things you can do to better prepare your young student for the real world.

Parents… A 14 Step Guide For Preparing Your Children For The Real World



So how do we “collectively” plan and adjust to the real world? All stakeholders… government, educators, parents, students, business and the media, must clearly understand and communicate what the real world is demanding. Collectively we must get out of the blame game and face the “reality game.” We can all look in the mirror and see that we are a part of the problem. Preparing young people for the workforce of the future is truly a societal, systemic issue!



However; with this said, first and foremost, parents, care-givers or legal guardians must absolutely assume the role of both disciplinarian and coach for the children they are charged to raise. Raising a well-behaved, attentive and curious child who wants to learn is the most important role a parent can fulfill!

While parents cannot necessarily directly steer their children to the right career, they play a very important, if not “critical” role, in developing the personal qualities, attitude and mind-set, which will be of great importance no matter what career their children choose. As basic as the following list may appear, anyone who is responsible for raising a child can begin preparing them for the real world by focusing time and attention in the following areas.

“A 14 Step Parents, Care-giver or Legal Guardians Guide” for preparing children and young adults for Success in the Real World

1. First and foremost, understand that you have the responsibility to prepare your child to be ready to learn their first day of school and to prepare them to grow and develop mentally, physically and emotionally to meet the tests of life and become productive citizens. Parenting is very hard and demanding work!

1. At an early age give your child specific tasks or chores to do on a daily basis and make sure there are real consequences if they are not accomplished.

1. Establish a sense of pride in those things your child “truly” does well. Have them do things over that are not up to a specific standard.

1. Teach your child the personal qualities of respect, integrity, honesty, self-management, sociability and doing things to the best of their ability.

1. Constantly read with your child and continually check their homework for correctness and completion.

1. Encourage your child to become involved in community activities and work on projects that will benefit not only themselves but others.

1. Make sure your child takes time at home to learn new activities and skills along with doing their homework.

1. Incorporate learning into vacations by going to museums, historical points of interest and taking tours of a business.

1. Talk at the dinner table about their day at school, current news and subjects of interest such as hobbies, sports or other activities they are involved in.

1. At the appropriate time and age, ask your child their view on important subjects such as drugs, relationships, love, sex, careers, money, politics, education, etc. And provide “factual” feedback and solid guidance.

1. When they become teenagers, get job applications, help them fill them out (see section III for instructions on completing job applications) and conduct practice job interview sessions with them. This is also a time to make sure they are dressing for success. With only a few exceptions, the real world does not hire turned baseball caps, baggy pants, pierced body parts or green hair.

1. Help them get a summer job between their junior and senior year in high school so at the end of their senior year their first job does not come as a shock or a completely new experience.

1. As a parent, care-giver or legal guardian model the attitude, behavior and thirst for knowledge you want to see in your child.

1. Be attentive and in tune with your child’s academic performance throughout “all” twelve years of school, but especially in grades 6 – 12. This is where they need the most encouragement and guidance.

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