Rev Njue: Don’t impose a career path on your child
Students of Lenana School in Karen, Nairobi County sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam at the school hall on November 7, 2016. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
This tendency has caused people to work in jobs that they dislike, losing interest and affecting their productivity, which impacts a company's performance and overall profitability.
Waking up in the morning and returning late from a career you do not like is not easy.
Stress trickles down to the people within your circles including family members because the person lacks a sense of life fulfilment.
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) announcement created a new dilemma: career choices for the students. Of course, the top candidates chose law, medicine, engineering and another white-collar course. But this is the path of only a small percentage of the learners, as some did not qualify to join university. Or maybe they are unable to raise the school fees needed, even if they qualify. Admittedly, some may just not be interested in furthering their education.
Sad as it is, some parents will likely force their children to take up further courses based on their presumed marketability rather than their children's gifts or passion. Autocratic parenting has a way of ignoring children's talent and interest and this tendency has a way of coercing these children to do things outside their area of gifting. While the intention of the parents is for the best interest of the child, if wisdom is not exercised, this can easily crash the future of your child. I will illustrate this by sharing an Old Eastern Parable:
