Parents as career navigators: How to properly support your child!

Parents as career navigators: How to properly support your child!

In today's world, the role of parents plays a crucial role in young people's career choices. This knowledge is from Medical School Hamburg impressively proven. Prof. Dr. In recent years, Thorsten Bührmann has conducted extensive research into the influencing factors and competencies of parents when supporting career choices. Together with Prof. Dr. Bärbel Kracke from the University of Jena, two model projects were launched to examine parental support processes.

In this context, various instruments were developed that aim to record and further promote parents' abilities to support their children during the career choice process. A special advance is the newly designed, free self-test for parents, which is available on the websites eltern-bo.de and parentsonboard.de. Prof. Bührmann has taken over the scientific support of these websites and designed them as a tool to strengthen parental skills.

The role of parents in the counseling process

Current developments show that parents are increasingly supporting their children with study advice. Loud Blog Anja Schreiber Around 30% of high school graduates take a companion with them, mostly their mothers. This is less often the case with secondary or secondary school students. Brigitte Reysen-Kostudis from the Free University notes that today around 8% of consultations are accompanied by parents.

Some universities, like in Bamberg, have now started inviting families to welcoming events to encourage parental involvement. The planZ advice center in particular provides joint advice for parents and children. Here the parents leave the conversation after an hour, which is seen as an advantage because they often have a positive effect on the conversation.

Challenges and opportunities

Parents play an important role in keeping the topic of career choice present in their children's everyday lives. Jürgen Hesse, an experienced career coach, highlights that many parents are willing to invest in counseling services, which supports positive changes in the family. At the same time, parents must be careful not to put pressure on their children but to encourage them to express their own dreams.

Conflicts can arise when the opinions of parents and their children differ. Here, consultants often act as mediators to promote open communication. The key is to reduce the pressure and give young people the opportunity to make their own decisions. Scribe recommends parents to find out about current study offerings, as these are constantly changing. In addition, they should not pass on their own fears to their children and should speak openly about career interests.

Overall, current studies and reports make it clear: parental support is an essential element in the career choice process of young people. Contemporary approaches show how important it is to find the balance between support and paternalism.