Parents' Effect

Parents affect the level of education or training that their children achieve; the knowledge they have about work and different occupations; the beliefs and attitudes they have about work; and the job skills they learn.

By:

• The attitudes and behavior they reward and punish, approve or disapprove of;
  
  
• The expectations they have for their children's education and career;
  
  
• The examples they set for their children;
  
  
• The influence they exert on who is around them -- the children and adults who will become their children's "significant others;"
  
  
• The opportunities they offer their children to learn and develop; and
  
  
• The kind of parent-child relationship they develop.

Positive ways you can affect your children's career.