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Take Control of your Teenager | No Thanks |
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| Troubled Teens and Career Choices |
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“Where are you going to?” may often be the question floating through teenagers’ minds once they’ve reached the end of their high school years. Now as a parent, what do you do if your teen is confused? Dealing with a confused teen Facing the beyond after high school graduation can be quite overwhelming for any teenager. If your troubled teen has the question “Where am I going?” running through his/her head, then get involved. Making a career choice that will affect the rest of his/her life can definitely feel overpowering. It may seem like your teenager is at a fork in the road for him/her and staring at this cross in the road may leave your troubled teen feeling perplexed. If your teenager isn’t quite decided upon what he/she wants to do once he/she is out of high school, talk is vital. What’s normal? Assure your teenager that being confused about career choices is a normal kind of thing. Sometimes not having a rock-solid direction can actually be a good thing. These are the ways that teens come to truly discover what fields they are genuinely interested in or passionate about. Let your child experiment with different fields of work or courses of study if he/she is really stuck at the fork in his/her career road of life. Many schools offer extra subjects or courses to choose from in order to help teens figure out what they really want to do once they’ve reached decision time. Shifting courses What happens if your troubled teen has already chosen a college and a course to major in but suddenly finds him/herself questioning his/her direction? This is precisely the reason why schools allow students to shift courses. Make sure your teenager discusses his/her plans with you or a counselor. It would be good to let your teen know that discovering that a choice he/she may have initially made coming into the course was a wrong one is normal. You may remind him/her that the way to self-discovery is through trying things out. If the career choice that he/she may have made is suddenly appearing to be the wrong one, then remind him/her that his/her choices are not set in stone. Your teen can change directions without his/her whole world tumbling over. There is light through any kind of misty fog of confusion that may be clouding over your teen and his/her career paths. |
