Is IT Right For Parents To Choose Their Child's Course in College?
By mjmlagat
@mjmlagat (3170)
Philippines
August 28, 2008 1:28am CST
Maybe this has been a quite obsolete issue but I just want you ideas on the subject. Do you all think that it's right for parents to choose their child's course in college? Well during our time, this issue was never an issue at all. Most parents of my classmates before chose what courses my friends should take in college. It was really frustrating for me because I have been wanting to be a journalist just like my father but then since Nursing course was really in at that time (and still is even now), I was forced to take up the course..I eventually shifted in the later part of the year.
Anyway, my eldest will soon be entering college education and in as much as we (my husban and I) wanted her to take up Nursing course, I still don't like the idea that parents should choose what course to take for their children. How about you?
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2 responses
@easymoney75503 (1702)
• United States
28 Aug 08
no never no way should a parent choose what you should take in college. i mean they are grown its there life. it is what they will be doing forever alot of times. they should choose so they can be happy. yes they should help. like if the kid wants to be a dancer and has two left feet then help find something with dance they can do that isnt dancing lol. i would never want to go to school for 4 years plus and study to do something i dont want to do. i would rather not go at all then waste 4 years on soemthing i hate.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
28 Aug 08
CHOOSE? No. Assisting their child in making informed decisions and discussing all the options available is a far more positive step. Allowing the child to choose their own path with a Parent's support is a far more suitable scenario and the child will be more in tune with this choice if they are allowed to make it freely. It is the child that has to spend the rest of their life working in any particular career and not the Parent. Their time is done in this sense. Parents that try to live the life they didn't achieve themselves through their children; or push their children to follow a same path do more harm than good. If they trusted in how they raised their child then they should trust in their child's ability to make informed decisions that are in their own best interests.
