This guest post was written by Linette Daniels aka, The Youth Success Doctor
Every nine seconds in America a student drops out of school!
An estimated 3.8 million youth ages 18-24 are neither employed nor in school!
7 out of 10 teens say they want to be entrepreneurs yet 50% say they don’t know how to get started!
How are you supporting your child’s dream?
How are you helping him or her get from where they are to where they want to be?
As your child grows, he or she will show unique abilities in certain areas. Look for their talents and provide opportunities for your child to strengthen those skills. Your child who loves to cook could cater children’s home birthday parties. The teen that’s really good at math can start a tutoring business to help kids improve their grades in school.
It is important to let your child choose the business and be understanding of the fact that they have their own ideas and most likely will not be interested in what you want them to do. Trying to control their dreams or ignore your child’s ideas will undermine their chances of achieving success.
Instead of pushing, cheer them on. Expose them to a variety of opportunities. Create an atmosphere of support. Empower an attitude for success. Make room for your child to choose their own path in life. Encourage them and provide the needed resources. Believe in your child and they will believe in themselves. Nurture your child’s dreams and they will reach for the stars.
You are the key to your child’s victory. You are their inspiration, motivation and direction. There are already enough adults stuck in a 9 to 5 job, following orders they may not agree with, working with people they pretend to like, and bringing home a paycheck that does not meet the end of their month. Help your child create the life they want to live!
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Linette Daniels aka, The Youth Success Doctor, is a national speaker, author and coach who, for the past 20 years, has worked with youth from the cradle through college in a variety of arenas to include public school, child care, foster care, juvenile court, social services, and youth-serving programs.
As a single parent, she raised 12 therapeutic foster care and 2 biological children using her vision to see infants’ progress into developmentally strong toddlers, academically prepared preschoolers, empowered youth and successful adults.
Dr. Daniels’ believes that given the right space, tools, and training; ALL youth can succeed and her favorite activity is showing youth “how” to start a business and create the life they want to live!
Dr. Daisy Sutherland is the Founder/CEO of Dr. Mommy Online. She is a doctor, author, mentor, speaker, wife & mom to 5 children. Dr. Mommy's mission is to ~ Help Busy Women and Men with her 'Get Real' approach to living a happier and healthier lifestyle. Watch for new book: 'Letting Go of Super Mom' coming out August 7, 2012.
You have no idea the perfect timing of the availability of this article! We are considering letting our kids attend and entrepreneur camp soon and this has given me the motivation to help them come up with the registration fee; this is an important step in their futures! Thank you, K….