For some reason I think that chemical engineering is where the shots are going, this picture is from a chemistry expo where my daughter was the exhibitor and was the winner with her project.
I will not force my daughters to fulfill my dreams.
It is a topic that makes me reflect on the habits of many parents when they want to pretend and force their children to fulfill the dreams of their parents, I will not force my daughters to do that.
I feel very proud to be a father of two intelligent and beautiful girls, the oldest is 15 years old and next year she will be graduating from high school at the age of 16, therefore she will enter college, neither my wife nor I have ever forced her, much less have we instilled in her that when she graduates from high school, and enters college they will study by obligation the career that I as a father or my wife may want my daughter to study. I say this because I have many colleagues, professors who have told me that they did force their children to study what they as parents decided that their children should study in college.
On the contrary, we have always encouraged my daughter that she has the freedom to choose among the 16 university careers that are dictated in the University of the East of Anzoátegui, where my wife and I are teachers, she has that range of opportunities to study, I assume that because of her age she has not yet defined exactly what she wants to study, but she has commented that one of the university careers she wants to study is medicine, another is chemical engineering, another option is petroleum engineering, and last but not least is computer engineering.
In short, all the careers that she has as an option to choose, all of them she can study at the Universidad de Oriente, since these university careers are dictated in this prestigious university, my wife and I are happy because she has to choose at any time, the options she has are excellent specialties, which have a lot of field to develop in the future as a professional.
Both of us will always be there to support her without restricting or imposing her to study a career, just to fulfill our dreams, my wife and I are very aware that this can affect her life and can be a way to frustrate her future, that is a reason not to impose anything.
She must choose.
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To be happy, you just have to make your own decision.
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It's really lovely how you support your daughters and and allow them the space to choose their own path rather than push them towards something they may not want to do simply to fulfil your own needs; I believe they will do far better in their chosen fields through having that support and the space to pursue their own passions.
Becca 🌷
My wife and I believe in that, she can choose her own path, and as parents, she knows very well, that we will be there to support her, it is the option that every parent, responsibly, should have for their children.
Thank you for your kind comment.
I agree with you, children should study what they like, at the end of the day it is their life and their dreams, my daughter told me that she has a college classmate who after fulfilling her father's dream of becoming a doctor is now studying social communication, which is what she is passionate about, I believe that she could have invested years in her own dreams.
If some parents pretend to fulfill their own dreams with their children's lives, that is totally unfair to the children, time is something that is lost and can never be recovered.
I am sorry for what happened to your daughter's friend.
Congrats to your daughter, she's really awesome. And you are one of those cool parents who let their children decide on their own. With this, they will learn decision making even at young age. For sure your kids will grow brave and strong to face any challenges coz they already have experiences.
Thank you, thank you very much for your words, however, in this, my wife and I are in this as a team, I can't put her aside, I think we are both trying to get it right, nothing is perfect, but there we go with our two daughters in that beautiful process of watching them grow up.
I made a similar point in my last post when talking about a movie....we as a parent often expect our kids to do which we never able to achieve...but in reality everyone are differrnt and each one have their own calibre to excel....this is a great way to nurture the talent in our kids....I liked it.....also more importantly, "expectation reduces joy" ...so if we expect our dream to get fulfilled from.our kids then at the end it is us who will regret.
I love this phrase, "the expectation reduces the joy."
I commented in my publication that I have teacher friends who forced their children to study what they wanted their children to study, in the end the children did not graduate in that career, they decided to become independent and study what they really wanted, my friends were always regretting that, it is very sad for them, but while they do not accept it, they will always continue to regret that they forced their children to study something they did not want.
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That phrases has the bitter truth that people understand too late in their life.....
It's a perfect decision that you and your wife have taken concerning your children's career. She has a number of interesting courses to choose from to study in school. It's good she has the freedom to choose the one she is comfortable with.
I studied petroleum engineering and it was my choice. I just shared my experience, you may want to check it out.
I have heard stories where parents successfully force their children to study a particular career, after graduation, the children submit their certificate to their parents saying, "Dad and Mom, here is your certificate, I am going back to school to study mine". So the time and resources used to attain the first degree is a total waste.
Congratulations 🎉 to your daughter in advance and yes, she's really beautiful.
Thank you for the support @indiaunited. and @steemflow.