In the second half of each year, it can be said that everything always affects parents' hearts. College entrance examination in June, voluntary choice in July, school preparation in August, admission in September, and finally sent the children to school. /kloc-campus recruitment began in October, and a large number of graduates could not find jobs. The most unpopular majors and the most promising majors frequently board hot searches. When the students are anxious, the parents of those children who are still in kindergarten are very worried. Will their children face this situation in the future?
The choice of major and employment are inseparable, but in fact, most people are engaged in occupations that have nothing to do with their major or have little connection. There are many reasons for this situation, including children's ignorance of their random choice, parents' unwillingness to choose the last child for their children, and the mismatch between what they have learned and what they have done. These problems all reflect a problem in the final analysis, that is, the lack of vocational education, especially the lack of children's vocational enlightenment education.
In western countries, children's vocational enlightenment originated earlier and has rich achievements. Starting from childhood, career enlightenment education can help children to establish a career concept, find their own career development direction in time and constantly revise it, thus further improving their professional ability.
In fact, a six-year-old child can start his career enlightenment. The American Career Development Guide points out that six-year-old children have the ability to deeply understand their own specialties and characteristics, which is very suitable for career enlightenment. A British psychological research report also shows that 6- 15 years old is the golden age of children's career enlightenment.
Let me talk about what is children's professional enlightenment. A simple understanding is to help children understand their occupation, understand the meaning of "work", and know what they want and can do when they grow up.
I believe that most parents have this experience. Children are often curious about their parents' work and even want to participate if they have the conditions. In fact, this time is already a sensitive period for children's "career and work". Some parents will fool their children at will on the grounds that their children are fooling around, but smart parents will seize this critical period to enlighten their children in their careers and help them correctly understand "work" and guide them scientifically.
Why pay so much attention to children's career enlightenment? It is to help children establish a correct career outlook from childhood, which is related to the future development direction of children's life, not only affecting their future job choices, but also affecting their pursuit of life value and self-worth.
I have to mention three tasks of career enlightenment here: to know and develop myself, to have a correct attitude towards the work world, and to gradually understand the meaning of work. Know yourself, know what you like, pursue something in life, develop yourself in constant progress and realize the value of life. In this process, the most far-reaching influence is career choice, and therefore, establishing a correct career concept has become an important factor that determines a child's life.
So specifically, as a parent, how can we help our children get professional enlightenment? Here, Xiong Xiong shares the following suggestions for everyone:
Interest is the best teacher. Parents should pay more attention to their children's study and life, know what their children like, what they are most interested in, and distinguish their favorite industries. Even if some parents say that "my children only like watching cartoons", they can observe what kind of cartoons their children like, talk to their children about who they like best and why, so as to explore the discounted hobbies and career preferences behind these preferences, and guide them on this basis to help children understand related occupations more intuitively and deeply. This will not only promote our communication with our children, but also prevent parents from unknowingly killing their children's professional interests.
See more and understand more. In fact, daily life is the best place to help children get professional enlightenment, and social division of labor often quits in daily life. When taking children out at ordinary times, introduce them to different occupations, understand the work content and social value of different occupations, help them understand the diversity of occupations and give them different career choices.
Experience is the mother of wisdom. Parents can take their children to directly experience the feeling of work after work, participate in the professional division of labor, and improve their professional cognition through personal experience. At the same time, we can also use the current social conditions to experience the work content of different occupations in some experience halls or in different places to help children carry out career enlightenment.
Lead by example and guide correctly. Imitation is a child's instinct, and learning comes from imitation. Therefore, parents, as role models for their children, should set an example and guide them correctly. On the one hand, parents' attitude towards work will greatly affect their children's future work attitude and future career; On the other hand, parents' attitudes towards workers in different occupations affect children's views on different occupations, regardless of their positions. Parents should set an example and guide their children to form a correct career concept.